In summer, it is increasingly dominated by mass developments of filamentous cyanobacteria. The phenomenon is known as blue-green algae blooms," says Markus Steinkopf, a marine biologist at the ...

Certain predatory bacteria are known to prey on cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae. That means they could be used to combat ...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido—“Marimo” moss balls, the fuzzy green spheres that have brought ... Marimo in the lake are formed when filamentous algae become entangled and grow into spheres by rolling ...