The composition of an organism’s cell wall is the fourth characteristic used to classify an alga. Diatoms are unique as their cell wall is made of silica. The intricate designs within their silica ...

A general survey of cell-wall structure in the red algae has been carried out using the methods of X-ray diffraction analysis and electron microscopy. The fifteen species all show a similar wall ...

Cell Functions Protect Algae from Drought “These algae potentially have an exceptionally flexible cell wall, which differs significantly in fine structure from those of other green algae. We ...

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have uncovered an intricate light manipulation mechanism likely used by microscopic algae to boost photosynthesis.

Life A bacterium has evolved into a new cellular structure inside algae A once-independent bacterium has evolved into an organelle that provides nitrogen to algal cells – an event so rare that ...

A Braarudosphaera bigelowii cell magnified 1,000-fold. Credit: Tyler Coale Researchers have discovered a type of organelle, a fundamental cellular structure, that can turn nitrogen gas into a form ...