A toxic algae bloom is raging along the coast of Southern California, making sea lions, dolphins, and even whales sick. But ...

The diatom species Skeletonema marinoi was the only phytoplankton species revived from the samples. The species is common in the Baltic Sea and typically occurs during the spring bloom ...

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked up by an ancestor ...

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked up by an ancestor.

Hopefully, the discovery will help seafood producers look out for future harmful algal blooms so they can reduce outbreaks of shellfish amnesic poisoning. The study was published in Diatom Research.