Algae, the Glossary
Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.[1]
Table of Contents
323 relations: Abalone, Acetabularia, Action potential, Aerobiology, Agar, Agricultural Research Service, Alaria esculenta, Algaculture, Algae fuel, Algae scrubber, AlgaeBase, AlgaePARC, Algal bloom, Alginic acid, Alps, Alternation of generations, Amino acid, Amoeba, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greek, Annual Review of Genetics, Antarctica, Apicomplexa, Apicoplast, Aquaculture, Aquatic plant, Arachidonic acid, Archaeplastida, Ascomycota, Asexual reproduction, Asphyxia, Axodine, Bacterial cellular morphologies, Basidiomycota, Beggiatoa, Benthic zone, Biblical Hebrew, Biocompatibility, Biodegradation, Biological life cycle, Bioremediation, Biotechnology, Bolidophyceae, Boring Billion, Botanical nomenclature, British Columbia, British Isles, Brown algae, Bryophyte, Bya, ... Expand index (273 more) »
- Common names of organisms
- Endosymbiotic events
- Polyphyletic groups
Abalone
Abalone (or; via Spanish abulón, from Rumsen aulón) is a common name for any small to very large marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, which once contained six subgenera but now contains only one genus Haliotis.
Acetabularia
Acetabularia is a genus of green algae in the family Polyphysaceae.
Action potential
An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly rises and falls.
See Algae and Action potential
Aerobiology
Some common air-borne spores Aerobiology (from Greek ἀήρ, aēr, "air"; βίος, bios, "life"; and -λογία, -logia) is a branch of biology that studies the passive transport of organic particles, such as bacteria, fungal spores, very small insects, pollen grains and viruses.
Agar
Agar, or agar-agar, is a jelly-like substance consisting of polysaccharides obtained from the cell walls of some species of red algae, primarily from "ogonori" (Gracilaria) and "tengusa" (Gelidiaceae).
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Agricultural Research Service
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
See Algae and Agricultural Research Service
Alaria esculenta
Alaria esculenta is an edible seaweed, also known as dabberlocks or badderlocks, or winged kelp, and occasionally as Atlantic Wakame.
See Algae and Alaria esculenta
Algaculture
Algaculture is a form of aquaculture involving the farming of species of algae.
Algae fuel
Algae fuel, algal biofuel, or algal oil is an alternative to liquid fossil fuels that uses algae as its source of energy-rich oils.
Algae scrubber
An algae scrubber is a water filtering device (not to be confused with a scrubber pad used to clean glass) which uses light to grow algae; in this process, undesirable chemicals are removed from the water.
AlgaeBase
AlgaeBase is a global species database of information on all groups of algae, both marine and freshwater, as well as sea-grass.
AlgaePARC
Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) has constructed AlgaePARC (Algae Production And Research Centre) at the Wageningen Campus.
Algal bloom
An algal bloom or algae bloom is a rapid increase or accumulation in the population of algae in freshwater or marine water systems.
Alginic acid
Alginic acid, also called algin, is a naturally occurring, edible polysaccharide found in brown algae.
Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
See Algae and Alps
Alternation of generations
Alternation of generations (also known as metagenesis or heterogenesis) is the predominant type of life cycle in plants and algae.
See Algae and Alternation of generations
Amino acid
Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.
Amoeba
An amoeba (less commonly spelled ameba or amœba;: amoebas (less commonly, amebas) or amoebae (amebae)), often called an amoeboid, is a type of cell or unicellular organism with the ability to alter its shape, primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods.
See Algae and Amoeba
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.
Annual Review of Genetics
The Annual Review of Genetics is an annual peer-reviewed scientific review journal published by Annual Reviews.
See Algae and Annual Review of Genetics
Antarctica
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.
Apicomplexa
The Apicomplexa (also called Apicomplexia; single: apicomplexan) are organisms of a large phylum of mainly parasitic alveolates.
Apicoplast
An apicoplast is a derived non-photosynthetic plastid found in most Apicomplexa, including Toxoplasma gondii, and Plasmodium falciparum and other Plasmodium spp. Algae and apicoplast are endosymbiotic events.
Aquaculture
Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lotus).
Aquatic plant
Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater).
Arachidonic acid
Arachidonic acid (AA, sometimes ARA) is a polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid 20:4(ω-6), or 20:4(5,8,11,14).
See Algae and Arachidonic acid
Archaeplastida
The Archaeplastida (or kingdom Plantae sensu lato "in a broad sense"; pronounced) are a major group of eukaryotes, comprising the photoautotrophic red algae (Rhodophyta), green algae, land plants, and the minor group glaucophytes.
Ascomycota
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya.
Asexual reproduction
Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not involve the fusion of gametes or change in the number of chromosomes.
See Algae and Asexual reproduction
Asphyxia
Asphyxia or asphyxiation is a condition of deficient supply of oxygen to the body which arises from abnormal breathing.
Axodine
The axodines are a group of unicellular stramenopiles that includes silicoflagellate and rhizochromulinid algae, actinomonad heterotrophic flagellates and actinophryid heliozoa.
Bacterial cellular morphologies
Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification.
See Algae and Bacterial cellular morphologies
Basidiomycota
Basidiomycota is one of two large divisions that, together with the Ascomycota, constitute the subkingdom Dikarya (often referred to as the "higher fungi") within the kingdom Fungi.
Beggiatoa
Beggiatoa is a genus of Gammaproteobacteria belonging to the order Thiotrichales, in the Pseudomonadota phylum.
Benthic zone
The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers.
Biblical Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew (rtl ʿīḇrîṯ miqrāʾîṯ or rtl ləšôn ham-miqrāʾ), also called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanitic branch of the Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as the Land of Israel, roughly west of the Jordan River and east of the Mediterranean Sea.
Biocompatibility
Biocompatibility is related to the behavior of biomaterials in various contexts.
See Algae and Biocompatibility
Biodegradation
Biodegradation is the breakdown of organic matter by microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi.
Biological life cycle
In biology, a biological life cycle (or just life cycle when the biological context is clear) is a series of stages of the life of an organism, that begins as a zygote, often in an egg, and concludes as an adult that reproduces, producing an offspring in the form of a new zygote which then itself goes through the same series of stages, the process repeating in a cyclic fashion.
See Algae and Biological life cycle
Bioremediation broadly refers to any process wherein a biological system (typically bacteria, microalgae, fungi in mycoremediation, and plants in phytoremediation), living or dead, is employed for removing environmental pollutants from air, water, soil, flue gasses, industrial effluents etc., in natural or artificial settings.
Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a multidisciplinary field that involves the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms and parts thereof for products and services.
Bolidophyceae
Bolidophyceae is a class of photosynthetic heterokont picophytoplankton, and consist of less than 20 known species.
Boring Billion
The Boring Billion, otherwise known as the Mid Proterozoic and Earth's Middle Ages, is an informal geological time period between 1.8 and 0.8 billion years ago (Ga) during the middle Proterozoic eon spanning from the Statherian to the Tonian periods, characterized by more or less tectonic stability, climatic stasis and slow biological evolution.
Botanical nomenclature
Botanical nomenclature is the formal, scientific naming of plants.
See Algae and Botanical nomenclature
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.
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British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.
Brown algae
Brown algae (alga) are a large group of multicellular algae comprising the class Phaeophyceae.
Bryophyte
Bryophytes are a group of land plants, sometimes treated as a taxonomic division, that contains three groups of non-vascular land plants (embryophytes): the liverworts, hornworts, and mosses.
Bya
bya or b.y.a. is an abbreviation for "billion years ago".
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Calcareous
Calcareous is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky.
Calcium
Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.
Calymmian
The Calymmian Period (from kálymma, meaning "cover") is the first geologic period in the Mesoproterozoic Era and lasted from Mya to Mya (million years ago).
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
Carbon sequestration
Carbon sequestration is the process of storing carbon in a carbon pool.
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Carl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.
Carotenoid
Carotenoids are yellow, orange, and red organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae, as well as several bacteria, archaea, and fungi.
Cell nucleus
The cell nucleus (nuclei) is a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells.
Cephaleuros
Cephaleuros is a genus of parasitic thalloid green algae comprising approximately 14 species.
Cercozoa
Cercozoa (now synonymised with Filosa) is a phylum of diverse single-celled eukaryotes.
Chara (alga)
Chara is a genus of charophyte green algae in the family Characeae.
Characeae
Characeae is a family of freshwater green algae in the order Charales, commonly known as stoneworts.
Charales
Charales is an order of freshwater green algae in the division Charophyta, class Charophyceae, commonly known as stoneworts.
Charophyta
Charophyta is a group of freshwater green algae, called charophytes, sometimes treated as a division, yet also as a superdivision or an unranked clade.
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.
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Chlorarachniophyte
The chlorarachniophytes are a small group of exclusively marine algae widely distributed in tropical and temperate waters.
See Algae and Chlorarachniophyte
Chlorella
Chlorella is a genus of about thirteen species of single-celled green algae of the division Chlorophyta.
Chlorochytrium
Chlorochytrium is a genus of green algae, in the family Chlorochytriaceae.
Chlorokybus
Chlorokybus is a multicellular (sarcinoid) genus of basal green algae or charophyte.
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll is any of several related green pigments found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of algae and plants.
Chlorophyta
Chlorophyta is a taxon of green algae informally called chlorophytes.
Chloroplast
A chloroplast is a type of membrane-bound organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells. Algae and chloroplast are endosymbiotic events.
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (19 April 1795 – 27 June 1876) was a German naturalist, zoologist, botanist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist.
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Chromista
Chromista is a proposed but polyphyletic biological kingdom, refined from the Chromalveolata, consisting of single-celled and multicellular eukaryotic species that share similar features in their photosynthetic organelles (plastids).
Clade
In biological phylogenetics, a clade, also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree.
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Classical Chinese
Classical Chinese is the language in which the classics of Chinese literature were written, from.
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Climate change mitigation
Climate change mitigation (or decarbonisation) is action to limit the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere that cause climate change.
See Algae and Climate change mitigation
Colony (biology)
In biology, a colony is composed of two or more conspecific individuals living in close association with, or connected to, one another.
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Common descent
Common descent is a concept in evolutionary biology applicable when one species is the ancestor of two or more species later in time.
Conceptacle
Conceptacles are specialized cavities of marine and freshwater algae that contain the reproductive organs.
Convergent evolution
Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.
See Algae and Convergent evolution
Copepod
Copepods (meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat.
Coral
Corals are colonial marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria.
See Algae and Coral
Coral bleaching
Coral bleaching is the process when corals become white due to loss of symbiotic algae and photosynthetic pigments.
Coral reef
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals.
Corallina
Corallina is a genus of red seaweeds with hard, abrasive calcareous skeletons in the family Corallinaceae.
Coralline algae
Coralline algae are red algae in the order Corallinales.
Cryptogam
A cryptogam (scientific name Cryptogamae) is a plant (in the wide sense of the word) or a plant-like organism that reproduces by spores, without flowers or seeds.
Cryptomonad
The cryptomonads (or cryptophytes) are a group of algae, most of which have plastids.
Cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria, also called Cyanobacteriota or Cyanophyta, are a phylum of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis.
Cytoplasmic streaming
Cytoplasmic streaming, also called protoplasmic streaming and cyclosis, is the flow of the cytoplasm inside the cell, driven by forces from the cytoskeleton.
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Diatom
A diatom (Neo-Latin diatoma) is any member of a large group comprising several genera of algae, specifically microalgae, found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world.
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Dinoflagellate
The dinoflagellates are a monophyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes constituting the phylum Dinoflagellata and are usually considered protists. Algae and dinoflagellate are endosymbiotic events.
Division (biology)
Division is a taxonomic rank in biological classification that is used differently in zoology and in botany.
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.
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Docosahexaenoic acid
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an omega-3 fatty acid that is an important component of the human brain, cerebral cortex, skin, and retina.
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Dry season
The dry season was a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics.
Dunaliella
Dunaliella is a single-celled, photosynthetic green alga, that is characteristic for its ability to outcompete other organisms and thrive in hypersaline environments.
Durvillaea antarctica
Durvillaea antarctica, also known as and, is a large, robust species of southern bull kelp found on the coasts of Chile, southern New Zealand, and Macquarie Island.
See Algae and Durvillaea antarctica
Dye
A dye is a colored substance that chemically bonds to the substrate to which it is being applied.
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Early Ordovician
The Early Ordovician is the first epoch of the Ordovician period, corresponding to the Lower Ordovician series of the Ordovician system.
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East Asia
East Asia is a geographical and cultural region of Asia including the countries of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.
Edible seaweed
Edible seaweed, or sea vegetables, are seaweeds that can be eaten and used for culinary purposes.
Eicosapentaenoic acid
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA; also icosapentaenoic acid) is an omega-3 fatty acid.
See Algae and Eicosapentaenoic acid
Embryophyte
The embryophytes are a clade of plants, also known as Embryophyta or land plants.
Endophyte
An endophyte is an endosymbiont, often a bacterium or fungus, that lives within a plant for at least part of its life cycle without causing apparent disease.
Endosymbiont
An endosymbiont or endobiont is an organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism. Algae and endosymbiont are endosymbiotic events.
Epibiont
An epibiont (from the Ancient Greek meaning "living on top of") is an organism that lives on the surface of another living organism, called the basibiont ("living underneath").
Epiphyte
An epiphyte is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients from the air, rain, water (in marine environments) or from debris accumulating around it.
Equisetum
Equisetum (horsetail, marestail, snake grass, puzzlegrass) is the only living genus in Equisetaceae, a family of vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seeds.
Etymology
Etymology (The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the scientific study of words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time".) is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of a word's semantic meaning across time, including its constituent morphemes and phonemes.
Euglenid
Euglenids or euglenoids are one of the best-known groups of flagellates.
Euglenozoa
Euglenozoa are a large group of flagellate Discoba.
Eukaryote
The eukaryotes constitute the domain of Eukarya or Eukaryota, organisms whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.
Euryhaline
Euryhaline organisms are able to adapt to a wide range of salinities.
Eustigmatophyte
Eustigmatophytes are a small group (17 genera; ~107 species) of eukaryotic forms of algae that includes marine, freshwater and soil-living species.
Eutrophication
Eutrophication is a general term describing a process in which nutrients accumulate in a body of water, resulting in an increased growth of microorganisms that may deplete the oxygen of water.
Excavata
Excavata is an extensive and diverse but paraphyletic group of unicellular Eukaryota.
Fat choy
Fat choy (Nostoc flagelliforme) is a terrestrial cyanobacterium (a type of photosynthetic bacteria) that is used as a vegetable in Chinese cuisine.
Fatty acid
In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated.
Fertilizer
A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.
Flagellate
A flagellate is a cell or organism with one or more whip-like appendages called flagella.
Florideophyceae
Florideophyceae is a class of exclusively multicellular red algae.
Food chain
A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web, often starting with an autotroph (such as grass or algae), also called a producer, and typically ending at an apex predator (such as grizzly bears or killer whales), detritivore (such as earthworms and woodlice), or decomposer (such as fungi or bacteria).
Fresh water
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids.
Freshwater ecosystem
Freshwater ecosystems are a subset of Earth's aquatic ecosystems.
See Algae and Freshwater ecosystem
Fungus
A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
See Algae and Fungus
Furongian
The Furongian is the fourth and final epoch and series of the Cambrian.
Gamete
A gamete (ultimately) is a haploid cell that fuses with another haploid cell during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually.
See Algae and Gamete
Gelatin
Gelatin or gelatine is a translucent, colorless, flavorless food ingredient, commonly derived from collagen taken from animal body parts.
Gene
In biology, the word gene has two meanings.
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Genome
In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is all the genetic information of an organism.
See Algae and Genome
Genome evolution
Genome evolution is the process by which a genome changes in structure (sequence) or size over time.
See Algae and Genome evolution
Genomics
Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of molecular biology focusing on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes.
Geologic time scale
The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth.
See Algae and Geologic time scale
Geology (journal)
Geology is a peer-reviewed publication of the Geological Society of America (GSA).
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George Owen of Henllys
George Owen of Henllys (1552 – 26 August 1613) was a Welsh antiquarian, author, and naturalist.
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Gim (food)
Gim, also romanized as kim, is a generic term for a group of edible seaweeds dried to be used as an ingredient in Korean cuisine, consisting of various species in the genera Pyropia and Porphyra, including P. tenera, P. yezoensis, P. suborbiculata, P. pseudolinearis, P. dentata, and P. seriata.
Glaucophyte
The glaucophytes, also known as glaucocystophytes or glaucocystids, are a small group of unicellular algae found in freshwater and moist terrestrial environments, less common today than they were during the Proterozoic.
Golden algae
The Chrysophyceae, usually called chrysophytes, chrysomonads, golden-brown algae or golden algae, are a large group of algae, found mostly in freshwater.
Green algae
The green algae (green alga) are a group of chlorophyll-containing autotrophic eukaryotes consisting of the phylum Prasinodermophyta and its unnamed sister group that contains the Chlorophyta and Charophyta/Streptophyta.
Green laver
Green laver, known as aonori (アオノリ; 青海苔) in Japan, sea cabbage (海白菜) or hutai (滸苔) in China, and parae (파래) in Korean, is a type of edible green seaweed, including species from the genera Monostroma and Ulva (Ulva prolifera, Ulva pertusa, Ulva intestinalis).
Green sulfur bacteria
The green sulfur bacteria are a phylum, Chlorobiota, of obligately anaerobic photoautotrophic bacteria that metabolize sulfur.
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Greenland
Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is a North American island autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
Hacrobia
The cryptomonads-haptophytes assemblage is a proposed but disputed monophyletic grouping of unicellular eukaryotes that are not included in the SAR supergroup.
Halichondria panicea
Halichondria panicea, commonly known as the breadcrumb sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Halichondriidae.
See Algae and Halichondria panicea
Halophyte
A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs, and seashores.
Halotolerance
Halotolerance is the adaptation of living organisms to conditions of high salinity.
Halvaria
Halvaria is a taxonomic grouping of protists that includes Alveolata and Stramenopiles (Heterokonta).
Haptophyte
The haptophytes, classified either as the Haptophyta, Haptophytina or Prymnesiophyta (named for Prymnesium), are a clade of algae.
Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
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Helicosporidium
Helicosporidium is a genus of colorless, pathogenic algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae of the green algae.
Hermatypic coral
Hermatypic corals are those corals in the order Scleractinia which build reefs by depositing hard calcareous material for their skeletons, forming the stony framework of the reef.
See Algae and Hermatypic coral
Heterotroph
A heterotroph is an organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter.
High-performance liquid chromatography
High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), formerly referred to as high-pressure liquid chromatography, is a technique in analytical chemistry used to separate, identify, and quantify specific components in mixtures.
See Algae and High-performance liquid chromatography
Hildenbrandiales
Hildenbrandiales is an order of crustose forms red alga which bear conceptacles and produce secondary pit-connections.
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Holdfast (biology)
A holdfast is a root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.
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Horizontal gene transfer
Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) or lateral gene transfer (LGT) is the movement of genetic material between organisms other than by the ("vertical") transmission of DNA from parent to offspring (reproduction).
See Algae and Horizontal gene transfer
Ice algae
Ice algae are any of the various types of algal communities found in annual and multi-year sea, and terrestrial lake ice or glacier ice.
Iceland
Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.
Incertae sedis
of uncertain placement or problematica is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined.
Indicator organism
Indicator organisms are used as a proxy to monitor conditions in a particular environment, ecosystem, area, habitat, or consumer product.
See Algae and Indicator organism
Infusoria
Infusoria is a word used to describe various freshwater microorganisms, including ciliates, copepods, euglenoids, planktonic crustaceans, protozoa, unicellular algae and small invertebrates.
International Association for Lichenology
The International Association for Lichenology (IAL) is an organisation that encourages the understanding of lichens and lichenology, and promotes their study and conservation worldwide.
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Iodine
Iodine is a chemical element; it has symbol I and atomic number 53.
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Iron
Iron is a chemical element.
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Iron fertilization
Iron fertilization is the intentional introduction of iron-containing compounds (like iron sulfate) to iron-poor areas of the ocean surface to stimulate phytoplankton production.
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Α-Linolenic acid
α-Linolenic acid, also known as alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) (from Greek alpha meaning "first" and linon meaning flax), is an ''n''−3, or omega-3, essential fatty acid.
See Algae and Α-Linolenic acid
Β-Carotene
β-Carotene (beta-carotene) is an organic, strongly colored red-orange pigment abundant in fungi, plants, and fruits.
Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux
Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux (3 May 1779 – 26 March 1825) was a French biologist and naturalist, noted for his seminal work with algae.
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Kelp
Kelps are large brown algae or seaweeds that make up the order Laminariales.
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Kohl (cosmetics)
Kohl is an eye cosmetic, traditionally made by grinding stibnite for use similar to that of charcoal in mascara.
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Korea
Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.
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Kunming Lake
Kunming Lake (昆明湖|p.
Lake
A lake is an often naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface.
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Lake ecosystem
A lake ecosystem or lacustrine ecosystem includes biotic (living) plants, animals and micro-organisms, as well as abiotic (non-living) physical and chemical interactions.
Laverbread
Laverbread (bara lafwr or bara lawr; sleabhac) is a food product made from laver, an edible seaweed (littoral alga) consumed mainly in Wales as part of local traditional cuisine.
Leaf
A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.
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Lepidodinium
Lepidodinium is a genus of dinoflagellates belonging to the family Gymnodiniaceae.
Lichen
A lichen is a symbiosis of algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species, along with a yeast embedded in the cortex or "skin", in a mutualistic relationship. Algae and lichen are polyphyletic groups.
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Linseed oil
Linseed oil, also known as flaxseed oil or flax oil (in its edible form), is a colourless to yellowish oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum).
List of seaweeds of South Africa
List of seaweeds of South Africa may refer to one of.
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Lithophyte
Lithophytes are plants that grow in or on rocks.
Lobosphaera incisa
Lobosphaera incisa, formerly Parietochloris incisa, is a fresh-water green algae.
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Macrocystis
Macrocystis is a monospecific genus of kelp (large brown algae) with all species now synonymous with Macrocystis pyrifera.
Madrepora
Madrepora (Spanish, "mother of pores") is a genus of stony corals, often found forming reefs or islands in tropical locations.
Maerl
Maerl (also rhodolith) is a collective name for non-geniculate coralline red algae with a certain growth habit.
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Magnesium
Magnesium is a chemical element; it has symbol Mg and atomic number 12.
Marimo
Marimo (also known as Cladophora ball, moss ball, moss ball pet, or lake ball) is a rare growth form of Aegagropila linnaei (a species of filamentous green algae) in which the algae grow into large green balls with a velvety appearance.
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Marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms that inhabit the sea.
Marine invertebrates
Marine invertebrates are the invertebrates that live in marine habitats.
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Māori people
Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa).
Meiosis
Meiosis ((since it is a reductional division) is a special type of cell division of germ cells in sexually-reproducing organisms that produces the gametes, the sperm or egg cells. It involves two rounds of division that ultimately result in four cells, each with only one copy of each chromosome (haploid).
Mesostigmatophyceae
The Mesostigmatophyceae are a class of basal green algae found in freshwater.
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Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.
Microalgae
Microalgae or microphytes are microscopic algae invisible to the naked eye.
Microbiofuel
Microbiofuels are biofuels produced by microorganisms like bacteria, cyanobacteria, microalgae, fungi, etc.
Million years ago
Million years ago, abbreviated as Mya, Myr (megayear) or Ma (megaannum), is a unit of time equal to (i.e. years), or approximately 31.6 teraseconds.
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Mixotroph
A mixotroph is an organism that can use a mix of different sources of energy and carbon, instead of having a single trophic mode on the continuum from complete autotrophy at one end to heterotrophy at the other.
Molecular gastronomy
Molecular gastronomy is the scientific approach of cuisine from primarily the perspective of chemistry.
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Morphology (biology)
Morphology in biology is the study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
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Mucilage
Mucilage is a thick gluey substance produced by nearly all plants and some microorganisms.
Multicellular organism
A multicellular organism is an organism that consists of more than one cell, unlike unicellular organisms.
See Algae and Multicellular organism
Myzocytosis
Myzocytosis (from Greek: myzein, (μυζεῖν) meaning "to suck" and kytos (κύτος) meaning "container", hence referring to "cell") is a method of feeding found in some heterotrophic organisms.
National Museum of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States.
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Navicula
Navicula is a genus of boat-shaped diatom algae, comprising over 1,200 species.
New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Nomenclature codes
Nomenclature codes or codes of nomenclature are the various rulebooks that govern the naming of living organisms.
See Algae and Nomenclature codes
Non-vascular plant
Non-vascular plants are plants without a vascular system consisting of xylem and phloem.
See Algae and Non-vascular plant
Nori
Nori is a dried edible seaweed used in Japanese cuisine, usually made from species of the red algae genus Pyropia, including P. yezoensis and P. tenera.
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North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
NPR
National Public Radio (NPR, stylized as npr) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California.
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Nucleomorph
Nucleomorphs are small, vestigial eukaryotic nuclei found between the inner and outer pairs of membranes in certain plastids. Algae and Nucleomorph are endosymbiotic events.
Omega-3 fatty acid
Omega−3 fatty acids, also called Omega−3 oils, ω−3 fatty acids, Ω-3 Fatty acids or n−3 fatty acids, are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) characterized by the presence of a double bond three atoms away from the terminal methyl group in their chemical structure.
See Algae and Omega-3 fatty acid
Oodinium
Oodinium is a genus of parasitic dinoflagellates.
Organ (biology)
In a multicellular organism, an organ is a collection of tissues joined in a structural unit to serve a common function.
Osmoregulation
Osmoregulation is the active regulation of the osmotic pressure of an organism's body fluids, detected by osmoreceptors, to maintain the homeostasis of the organism's water content; that is, it maintains the fluid balance and the concentration of electrolytes (salts in solution which in this case is represented by body fluid) to keep the body fluids from becoming too diluted or concentrated.
Osmotrophy
Osmotrophy is a feeding mechanism involving the movement of dissolved organic compounds by osmosis for nutrition.
Otto Friedrich Müller
Otto Friedrich Müller, also known as Otto Friedrich Mueller (2 November 1730 – 26 December 1784) was a Danish naturalist and scientific illustrator.
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Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.
Paleobiology (journal)
Paleobiology is a scientific journal promoting the integration of biology and conventional paleontology, with emphasis placed on biological or paleobiological processes and patterns.
See Algae and Paleobiology (journal)
Palmaria palmata
Palmaria palmata, also called dulse, dillisk or dilsk (from Irish/Scottish Gaelic duileasc/duileasg), red dulse, sea lettuce flakes, or creathnach, is a red alga (Rhodophyta) previously referred to as Rhodymenia palmata.
See Algae and Palmaria palmata
Parasitism
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.
Phagocytosis
Phagocytosis is the process by which a cell uses its plasma membrane to engulf a large particle (≥ 0.5 μm), giving rise to an internal compartment called the phagosome.
Phloem
Phloem is the living tissue in vascular plants that transports the soluble organic compounds made during photosynthesis and known as photosynthates, in particular the sugar sucrose, to the rest of the plant.
See Algae and Phloem
Photobioreactor
Moss photobioreactor to cultivate mosses like ''Physcomitrella patens'' at the laboratory scale A photobioreactor (PBR) refers to any cultivation system designed for growing photoautotrophic organisms using artificial light sources or solar light to facilitate photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a system of biological processes by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their metabolism.
Photosynthetic pigment
A photosynthetic pigment (accessory pigment; chloroplast pigment; antenna pigment) is a pigment that is present in chloroplasts or photosynthetic bacteria and captures the light energy necessary for photosynthesis.
See Algae and Photosynthetic pigment
Phototroph
Phototrophs are organisms that carry out photon capture to produce complex organic compounds (e.g. carbohydrates) and acquire energy.
Phycobilin
Phycobilins (from Greek: φύκος (phykos) meaning "alga", and from Latin: bilis meaning "bile") are light-capturing bilins found in cyanobacteria and in the chloroplasts of red algae, glaucophytes and some cryptomonads (though not in green algae and plants).
Phycology
Phycology is the scientific study of algae.
Phycotechnology
Phycotechnology refers to the technological applications of algae, both microalgae and macroalgae.
Phyllosiphon
Phyllosiphon is a genus of parasitic green algae in the class Trebouxiophyceae.
Phylogenetic tree
A phylogenetic tree, phylogeny or evolutionary tree is a graphical representation which shows the evolutionary history between a set of species or taxa during a specific time.
See Algae and Phylogenetic tree
Phylogenomics
Phylogenomics is the intersection of the fields of evolution and genomics.
Phylum
In biology, a phylum (phyla) is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.
See Algae and Phylum
Phytogeography
Phytogeography (from Greek φυτόν, phytón.
Phytoplankton
Phytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of ocean and freshwater ecosystems.
Pigment
A pigment is a powder used to add color or change visual appearance.
Plankton
Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in water (or air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents (or wind).
Plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic.
See Algae and Plant
Plant hormone
Plant hormones (or phytohormones) are signal molecules, produced within plants, that occur in extremely low concentrations.
Plant stem
A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant, the other being the root.
Plastid
A plastid is a membrane-bound organelle found in the cells of plants, algae, and some other eukaryotic organisms. Algae and plastid are endosymbiotic events.
Ploidy
Ploidy is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes.
See Algae and Ploidy
Polyphyly
A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor.
Porphyra umbilicalis
Porphyra umbilicalis, commonly called "laver", is a species of edible seaweed in the genus Porphyra used to make laverbread.
See Algae and Porphyra umbilicalis
Potassium
Potassium is a chemical element; it has symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number19.
Predation
Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey.
Prokaryote
A prokaryote (less commonly spelled procaryote) is a single-cell organism whose cell lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
Protist
A protist or protoctist is any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, land plant, or fungus.
Prototheca
Prototheca is a genus of algae in the family Chlorellaceae.
Protozoa
Protozoa (protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a polyphyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic debris.
Psammon
Psammon (from Greek "psammos", "sand") is a group of organisms inhabiting coastal sand moist — biota buried in sediments.
Psychrophile
Psychrophiles or cryophiles (adj. psychrophilic or cryophilic) are extremophilic organisms that are capable of growth and reproduction in low temperatures, ranging from to.
Pterocladiophila
Pterocladiophila is a genus of red algae, parasite of other red algae.
See Algae and Pterocladiophila
Purple sulfur bacteria
The purple sulfur bacteria (PSB) are part of a group of Pseudomonadota capable of photosynthesis, collectively referred to as purple bacteria.
See Algae and Purple sulfur bacteria
Raphidophyte
The raphidophytes, formally known as Raphidophycidae or Raphidophyceae (formerly referred to as Chloromonadophyceae and Chloromonadineae), are a small group of eukaryotic algae that includes both marine and freshwater species.
Raunkiær plant life-form
The Raunkiær system is a system for categorizing plants using life-form categories, devised by Danish botanist Christen C. Raunkiær and later extended by various authors.
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Red algae
Red algae, or Rhodophyta, make up one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae.
Relict
A relict is a surviving remnant of a natural phenomenon.
See Algae and Relict
Rhizaria
The Rhizaria are a diverse and species-rich supergroup of mostly unicellular eukaryotes.
Rhizoid
Rhizoids are protuberances that extend from the lower epidermal cells of bryophytes and algae.
Rhodochytrium
Rhodochytrium is a genus of green algae in the family Chlorochytriaceae.
Riboflavin
Riboflavin, also known as vitamin B2, is a vitamin found in food and sold as a dietary supplement.
River
A river is a natural flowing freshwater stream, flowing on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.
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River ecosystem
River ecosystems are flowing waters that drain the landscape, and include the biotic (living) interactions amongst plants, animals and micro-organisms, as well as abiotic (nonliving) physical and chemical interactions of its many parts.
Root
In vascular plants, the roots are the organs of a plant that are modified to provide anchorage for the plant and take in water and nutrients into the plant body, which allows plants to grow taller and faster.
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Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin
Samuel George Gottlieb Gmelin (4 July 1744 – 27 July 1774) was a German physician, botanist, and explorer.
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Scholar-official
The scholar-officials, also known as literati, scholar-gentlemen or scholar-bureaucrats, were government officials and prestigious scholars in Chinese society, forming a distinct social class.
See Algae and Scholar-official
Scleractinia
Scleractinia, also called stony corals or hard corals, are marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria that build themselves a hard skeleton.
Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Sea lettuce
The sea lettuces comprise the genus Ulva, a group of edible green algae that is widely distributed along the coasts of the world's oceans.
Seaweed
Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. Algae and Seaweed are polyphyletic groups.
Seaweed farming
Seaweed farming or kelp farming is the practice of cultivating and harvesting seaweed.
Secretion
Secretion is the movement of material from one point to another, such as a secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland.
Sediment
Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.
Sessility (motility)
Sessility is the biological property of an organism describing its lack of a means of self-locomotion.
See Algae and Sessility (motility)
Sexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that involves a complex life cycle in which a gamete (haploid reproductive cells, such as a sperm or egg cell) with a single set of chromosomes combines with another gamete to produce a zygote that develops into an organism composed of cells with two sets of chromosomes (diploid).
See Algae and Sexual reproduction
Snow algae
Snow algae are a group of freshwater micro-algae that grow in the alpine and polar regions of the Earth.
Soil conditioner
A soil conditioner is a product which is added to soil to improve the soil’s physical qualities, usually its fertility (ability to provide nutrition for plants) and sometimes its mechanics.
See Algae and Soil conditioner
South Wales
South Wales (De Cymru) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north.
Species Plantarum
Species Plantarum (Latin for "The Species of Plants") is a book by Carl Linnaeus, originally published in 1753, which lists every species of plant known at the time, classified into genera.
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Spirogyra
Spirogyra (common names include water silk, mermaid's tresses, and blanket weed) is a genus of filamentous charophyte green algae of the order Zygnematales, named for the helical or spiral arrangement of the chloroplasts that is characteristic of the genus.
Spirulina (dietary supplement)
Spirulina is a biomass of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) that can be consumed by humans and animals.
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Spirulina (genus)
Spirulina is a genus of cyanobacteria.
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Spore
In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual (in fungi) or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions.
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Stoma
In botany, a stoma (stomata, from Greek στόμα, "mouth"), also called a stomate (stomates), is a pore found in the epidermis of leaves, stems, and other organs, that controls the rate of gas exchange between the internal air spaces of the leaf and the atmosphere.
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Stramenopile
The Stramenopiles, also called Heterokonts, are a clade of organisms distinguished by the presence of stiff tripartite external hairs.
Summer Palace
The Summer Palace is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing.
Superfood
Superfood is a marketing term for food claimed to confer health benefits resulting from an exceptional nutrient density.
Symbiodinium
Symbiodinium is a genus of dinoflagellates that encompasses the largest and most prevalent group of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates known and have photosymbiotic relationships with many species.
Symbiogenesis
Symbiogenesis (endosymbiotic theory, or serial endosymbiotic theory) is the leading evolutionary theory of the origin of eukaryotic cells from prokaryotic organisms. Algae and Symbiogenesis are endosymbiotic events.
Symbiosis
Symbiosis (from Greek,, "living with, companionship, camaraderie", from,, "together", and, bíōsis, "living") is any type of a close and long-term biological interaction between two biological organisms of different species, termed symbionts, be it mutualistic, commensalistic, or parasitic.
Synurid
The synurids (order Synurales) are a small group of heterokont algae, found mostly in freshwater environments, characterized by cells covered in silica scales.
Terrestrial plant
A terrestrial plant is a plant that grows on, in, or from land.
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Thallus
Thallus (thalli), from Latinized Greek, meaning "a green shoot" or "twig", is the vegetative tissue of some organisms in diverse groups such as algae, fungi, some liverworts, lichens, and the Myxogastria.
Thermophile
A thermophile is an organism—a type of extremophile—that thrives at relatively high temperatures, between.
Thiamine
Thiamine, also known as thiamin and vitamin B1, is a vitamin, an essential micronutrient for humans and animals.
Toxoid
A toxoid is an inactivated toxin (usually an exotoxin) whose toxicity has been suppressed either by chemical (formalin) or heat treatment, while other properties, typically immunogenicity, are maintained.
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Tree of life
The tree of life is a fundamental archetype in many of the world's mythological, religious, and philosophical traditions.
Trentepohlia (alga)
Trentepohlia is a genus of filamentous chlorophyte green algae in the family Trentepohliaceae, living free on terrestrial supports such as tree trunks and wet rocks or symbiotically in lichens.
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Triparma
Triparma is a genus of unicellular algae in the family Triparmaceae in the order Parmales.
Unicellular organism
A unicellular organism, also known as a single-celled organism, is an organism that consists of a single cell, unlike a multicellular organism that consists of multiple cells.
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Vascular plant
Vascular plants, also called tracheophytes or collectively tracheophyta, form a large group of land plants (accepted known species) that have lignified tissues (the xylem) for conducting water and minerals throughout the plant.
Veganism
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals.
Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism is the practice of abstaining from the consumption of meat (red meat, poultry, seafood, insects, and the flesh of any other animal).
Vindhya Range
The Vindhya Range (also known as Vindhyachal) is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges, hill ranges, highlands and plateau escarpments in west-central India.
Viridiplantae
Viridiplantae (literally "green plants") constitute a clade of eukaryotic organisms that comprises approximately 450,000–500,000 species that play important roles in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
Vitamin B3
Vitamin B3, colloquially referred to as niacin, is a vitamin family that includes three forms, or vitamers: niacin (nicotinic acid), nicotinamide (niacinamide), and nicotinamide riboside.
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6 is one of the B vitamins, and thus an essential nutrient.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid and ascorbate) is a water-soluble vitamin found in citrus and other fruits, berries and vegetables.
Volvox
Volvox is a polyphyletic genus of chlorophyte green algae in the family Volvocaceae.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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Water level
Water level, also known as gauge height or stage, is the elevation of the free surface of a sea, stream, lake or reservoir relative to a specified vertical datum.
William Henry Harvey
William Henry Harvey, FRS FLS (5 February 1811 – 15 May 1866) was an Irish botanist and phycologist who specialised in algae.
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Xylem
Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants, the other being phloem.
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Yellow-green algae
Yellow-green algae or the Xanthophyceae (xanthophytes) are an important group of heterokont algae.
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Zinc
Zinc is a chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30.
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Zygote
A zygote is a eukaryotic cell formed by a fertilization event between two gametes.
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10th edition of Systema Naturae
The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.
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See also
Common names of organisms
Endosymbiotic events
- Algae
- Angomonas deanei
- Apicoplast
- Chloroplast
- Dinoflagellate
- Endogenosymbiosis
- Endosymbiont
- Hatena arenicola
- Karyoklepty
- Kleptoplasty
- Mesodinium chamaeleon
- Mesodinium rubrum
- Mitochondria
- Mitochondrion
- Mixotricha paradoxa
- Novymonas
- Nucleomorph
- Palynodinium
- Parakaryon
- Paramecium biaurelia
- Paramecium bursaria
- Plastid
- Plastid evolution
- Strigomonas culicis
- Symbiogenesis
- Viral eukaryogenesis
- Wolbachia
Polyphyletic groups
- Algae
- Archaeohyracidae
- Avicephala
- Brain coral
- Coxsackievirus
- Dromasauria
- Drosophila immigrans species group
- Dung beetle
- Endotherm
- Eureptilia
- Euryapsida
- Holospondyli
- Insectivora
- Lepospondyli
- Lichen
- Limpet
- Lipotyphla
- Microlepidoptera
- Monodnaviria
- Ostracoderm
- Phyllospondyli
- Ratite
- Sarcomastigophora
- Seaweed
- Slime mold
- Slug
- Stenopterygii
- Thermoanaerobacterales
- Trachiniformes
- Turrid
- Vulture
- Wastebasket taxon
- Witchetty grub
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algae
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