Earth's first photosynthetic organisms—self-organize into intricate living mats, offering insights into aquatic ecosystems ...

in this case when a nucleated cell engulfed a photosynthetic prokaryote. Indeed, chloroplasts resemble modern cyanobacteria, which remain similar to the cyanobacteria of 3 million years ago.

Photosynthetic cells are quite diverse and include cells found in green plants, phytoplankton, and cyanobacteria. During the process of photosynthesis, cells use carbon dioxide and energy from the ...

Absorption spectra of cyanobacteria cells cultured under yellow-green light or under red light. The increase in the amount of PEC was only seen in the cells cultured in yellow-green light.

Indoor air quality is getting a photosynthetic boost by means of air-purifying artificial plants engineered by researchers from the State University of New York at Binghamton. In addition to feeding ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

"Danish agriculture could, in principle, produce cyanobacteria and other microalgae, just as they produce dairy products ...

More information: Denghui Zhu et al, Cyanobacteria-intelligent biohybrid system enables light-guided tumor-associated macrophage-specific siRNA delivery, Cell Reports Physical Science (2024).

The resulting article, "Carotenoids from cyanobacteria modulate iNOS and inhibit ... nor did they show toxicity to the different cell lines tested, which is a good indicator of their safety ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have achieved a significant breakthrough in using cyanobacteria—commonly known as "blue-green algae"—to convert carbon dioxide (CO 2) into valuable ...

but it isn’t clear what functions the cyanobacteria originally performed for the cells that engulfed them, said University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign chemistry professor Angad Mehta ...

Officials say a total of 330 elephants are now known to have died from ingesting cyanobacteria. Poaching has been ruled out as a cause of death. Africa Live: Updates on this and other stories Why ...