Blue-green algae are actually a type of bacteria that is known as cyanobacteria. In their aquatic habitat, cyanobacteria are equipped to use the sun's energy to manufacture their own food through photosynthesis. The moniker blue-green algae came about...

Cyanobacteria are a morphologically diverse group of photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms that form a closely related phylogenetic lineage of eubacteria. Historically, cyanobacteria were classified with plants and called blue-green algae, although...

Cyanobacteria, commonly known as blue-green algae, are members of the Kingdom Monera. Members of this kingdom lack a nuclear region clearly defined by a membrane or envelope and are thus known as prokaryotes. Members of the blue-green algae are among...

A term used to describe certain types of potentially toxic vegetative growths of algal appearance. The term is a misnomer in that the organisms are really a type of bacteria. They exhibit some of the same properties of true algae however and are...

Cyanobacteria, also known as Cyanophyta or blue-green algae, is a phylum of bacteria that obtain their energy through photosynthesis. The name "cyanobacteria" comes from the color of the bacteria (Greek: κυανός (kyanós) = blue). They are a...

In a fourth year University of Victoria field and laboratory orientated phycology course instructed by Wm.P. Lucey, students were asked to respond to a final exam question on the distribution and adaptations of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that have contributed to their success. Students were...

The phytoplankton community of eutrophic shallow lakes is often dominated by filamentous cyanobacteria of the family Oscillatoriaceae. In this paper we follow two independent approaches to show that this situation is likely to be one of two alternative stable states of the algal community....