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more about #algae more comments → Gann: Similarly, I propel myself by either wiggling my appendages out of sync (walking) or wiggling them in sync (jumping) more » botanicidal: I might be reading this description wrong, but I do distinctly recall going to a sadly, very very boring lecture three years ago where E. coli flagell... more » RandomFrequentFlierDent-Hogswatch!: No one has commented yet? It's really cool! I guess there's not much to say beyond that though . . . So yeah . . . very interesting. Hopefully this... more » -
#swimmingplants
Single-Cell Algae Can Swim In Two Different "Gears"
A form of algae, called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, has a very complicated way of swimming. A new study published in Nature magazine explains how individual algae cells can control their motion using tiny little flagella operating in two different "gears." More » -
#environmentalapocalypse
Freakishly Huge Algae Bloom in London
Massive algae blooms killed seals, birds and sea lions on the California coast earlier this yea because algae exudes a toxin called domoic acid. When these blooms got out of control, aquatic animals would ingest the toxin because the fish they eat had been nibbling on these super-blooms. But those algae blooms were nothing compared to this one, seen in London's Hyde Park last year. More »
