Algae, Cyanobacteria, other bacteria and viruses field guide
Algae is a photosynthetic plant that grows in water. Macroalgae are large and complex (e.g. seaweed). Microalgae are microscopic and simple, with each individual plant – or cell – being invisible to the naked eye. Microalgae can be found in rivers, dams, lakes, waterways, and oceans. While individual cells can't be seen with the naked eye, together microalgae can grow and group together, turning the water it lives and grows in shades of green, red, and gold. In some cases, this microalgae can be bio-luminescent. (https://www.uts.edu.au/climate-change-cluster/our-research/deep-green-biotech-hub/education-and-outreach/what-algae)
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are a type of microscopic, algae-like bacteria which inhabit freshwater, coastal and marine waters. Cyanobacteria photosynthesise like plants and have similar requirements for sunlight, nutrients and carbon dioxide to grow and produce oxygen. There are many different varieties of cyanobacteria. While often a green or blue-green colour, they can also be white, brown, blue, yellow-brown, or red. (https://www.waterquality.gov.au/issues/blue-green-algae)
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Anabaena sp. (A filamentous cyanobacteria)
Botrydium granulatum (An algae)
Chara sp. (genus) (A charophyte green algae)
Characeae (family) (Stonewort (A freshwater algae))
Closterium ehrenbergii (A green alga, Desmidiaceae)
Closterium keutzingii (A freshwater algae)
Closterium sp. (A green freshwater algae)
Cosmarium obsoletum (A freshwater algae)
Cosmarium sp. (A freshwater algae)
Draparnaldia sp. (A green filamentous algae)
Euglena sp. (A single-celled flagellate Eukaryotes)
Klebsormidiaceae sp. (A green filamentous algae)
Melosira varians (A freshwater diatom)
Microspora sp. (A green algae)
Netrium digitus (A green freshwater algae)
Nitella sp. (genus) (A green freshwater algae)
Nostoc sp. (genus) (A cyanobacterium)
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