How does multicellularity evolve? Scientists who study a family of green algae that includes unicellular Chlamydomonas and multicellular Volvox are beginning to find answers to this question.

Now, researchers study how algae, a diverse group of ancient unicellular organisms, might provide new approaches for sustainable living. Special abilities possessed by certain algae species, like ...

The film explores the significance of algae, a vital group of simple plants found in various environments, particularly in aquatic ecosystems. It highlights the diverse forms of algae, from ...

The results were published in Nature Communications. The closest algal relatives of land plants are the filamentous and ...

Magnetized algae micro swimmers retain speed and maneuverability, showing promise for targeted drug delivery in confined ...

This is a photo of a desmid, a unicellular charophyte green algae that has lost all traces of flagella in its life cycle. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of ...

serial endosymbioses involving unicellular eukaryotes, not necessarily red algae (Archibald 2009; Bodyl, Stiller, & Mackiewicz 2009; Baurain et al. 2010). Experimental evidence for this hypothesis ...

Their aim was to functionalize the surface of the unicellular organisms with a magnetic material so that they could be ...

A Chinese study has revealed how a type of algae adapts to cold temperatures in Antarctica with special proteins and enzymes. Chlorella is a genus of unicellular green algae distributed all over the ...

published a study in the Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology that broke the boundaries in understanding unicellular organism signaling. It suggested that blue-green algae (glaucophytes ...

As larvae, they start out eating microscopic food like unicellular algae, planktonic animals, and small crustaceans. As they grow, their diet shifts almost exclusively to small crustaceans called ...