The cactus-shaped algae are unique in many respects, Lin says. They grow as single cells with many nuclei and are relatively enormous compared to other single-celled organisms, reaching sizes of ...
And where plants are always made of many cells, algae may be made from one single cell, or millions. Plants contain a molecule called chlorophyll that works with energy from the sun, water, and carbon ...
Many phytoplankton are microscopic, and they range from single-celled algae to bacteria to protists, which aren’t plants or animals. One thing they all have in common: They require sunlight.
Although much faster than optical microscopy, it cannot distinguish single cells from aggregates ... to the efficient production of biofuels from algae. Meanwhile, researchers from the University ...
Scientists who study a family of green algae that includes unicellular Chlamydomonas ... by definition every multicellular organism possesses multiple cells that remain associated following ...