algae
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The key to the success of the method -- which the team informally dubbed "helping hands" -- is the transfer of healthy photosynthetic algae, also known as symbionts, from which corals derive their color.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The broad category also includes organisms such as kelp, slime molds, and red algae, some of which grow into large, complex structures.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Think mushroom leather, spider-silk filaments, membranes of algae.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The lake's extreme briny environment sustains algae blooms that attract flamboyances of pink flamingos that thrive in the area.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Then came a second gatehouse, larger than the first, its stones bearded with green algae.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
To investigate, the research team turned to Codium fragile, a type of marine green alga.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2025
The purpose of this brilliance remains unclear, especially because the alga lives too deep for it to be related to photosynthesis.
From Science Magazine ● May 21, 2024
Blue-green algae is not actually an alga but rather a type of bacteria called cyanobacteria.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023
This is the first recorded example of an alga practicing an aquatic equivalent to pollination.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 28, 2022
She is curious; she wants to know the difference between an alga and a lichen, a Diplodon char- ruanus and a Diplodon delodontus.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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