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Maria Meany, Douglas, Cork This is a species of Nostoc, commonly called Witch’s Jelly due to its slimy, blobby, jelly-like appearance. Nostoc belongs to the cyanobacteria – a very ancient ...

He also explained that the cyanobacterium found in Azolla is Nostoc azollae, an endosymbiont that lives within or on the surface of the plant in a mutually beneficial relationship. Nostoc azollae ...

The Coal House: One of West Virginia’s most unique buildings One man, Leopold Brandeis, who analyzed the meat claimed that it was not actually “meat,” but a substance called nostoc, according to the ...

Nostoc, sometimes known as star jelly or witch’s butter, among other names, is a genus of cyanobacteria or blue green algae that can proliferate in almost any environment. It can infiltrate and ...

dark green, rubbery blobs? If you've spotted any alien-looking, gelatinous globs in your yard, chances are you've stumbled across Nostoc commune. Commonly mistaken for an algae, Nostoc commune is ...

The jelly-like mass is an organism called the Nostoc commune and thrives in wet conditions. According to Clemson College of Agriculture, the Nostoc commune is often mislabeled as algae and is not ...

A man known as Leopold Brandeis analyzed some of the preserved meat specimens. Brandeis claimed the meat was not actually meat but nostoc, a type of gelatinous bacteria. Nostoc floats around and ...

The morning of Friday, March 3, 1876, dawned sunny and cloudless over Olympian Springs in northeastern Kentucky. A light breeze tickled the fields of the Crouch family farm as Mrs. Crouch made ...

In this general context, the aim of this work was to evaluate the ability of three species of cyanobacteria (Anabaena cylindrica, Nostoc muscorum, and Arthrospira platensis) and a green microalga ...