Marine biologists have authored the world’s first field guide covering marine benthic dinoflagellates. These tiny single-celled organisms have a world-wide distribution and, among others, cause the ...

A method for rapidly screening biotoxins produced by algae could help speed up the discovery of useful compounds. Single-celled algae with a pair of hair-like appendages, dinoflagellates produce large ...

Research on ciguatera fish poisoning has expanded significantly over the last decade. In large part, this increase in effort is due to the identification of several benthic dinoflagellates as the ...

Scientists have used new genetic sequencing data to understand how an ancient organism that lived alongside the dinosaurs has evolved over millions of years. The effort has uncovered for the first ...

During the past decade, our understanding of microbial diversity and biogeography has improved enormously (Martiny et al., 2006). However, the mechanisms that promote the diversification of ...

Not long ago, one of the most bizarre creatures this world has ever seen showed up in North Carolina. Efforts to describe it have evoked the strangest comparisons: like grass feeding on sheep, said ...

Cyanobacteria can live symbiotically with organisms such as dinoflagellates, but not much is understood about how these partnerships may affect microbial ecology. In a study published Monday (June 24) ...