Monitoring efforts over the past week have detected the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, at background concentrations in ...

As blooms of blue-green algae begin to form in Southwest and Central Florida, educators are preparing to inform tourists and ...

(Read more about red tides in Australia.) Gulf of Mexico A type of toxic algae, Karenia brevis, lives in the Gulf of Mexico throughout the year at low concentrations. When environmental conditions ...

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Researchers with the University of South Florida have identified viruses associated with Karenia brevis, the single-celled organism that causes red tide. Researchers ...

Karenia brevis is the organism that causes red tide. During red tide events, the researchers collected Karenia brevis bloom samples to analyze in a lab. They used a method called viral ...

Scientists might soon be able to forecast when the see is gonna turn red - and don’t worry, it has nothing to do with the apocalypse. For the first time, researchers identified nearly a dozen ...

“They actually saw some viruses and bacteria that are infecting: Karenia Brevis,” said Dr. Jean Lim, a scientific researcher at the University of South Florida. Karenia Brevis is the organism ...

"We know that viruses play an important role in the dynamics of harmful algal blooms, but we haven't known what viruses might be associated with Karenia brevis blooms," said Jean Lim, the study's ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is continuing to monitor red tide conditions across the state. Recent sampling indicates that the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, was ...