The cactus-shaped algae are unique in many respects, Lin says. They grow as single cells with many ... meaning that one cell would have only one nucleus." A cell's nucleus typically divides ...

So far researchers are trying to find the best strand of the single-celled plant that is most effective. Algae ingests CO2 and releases oxygen, but it's also laden with oils that can be used to ...

In herU.K. lab, Onyeaka is growing Chlorella vulgaris, a green single-celled algae about 2 to 10 microns in diameter — roughly the width of a strand of spider silk. She and a graduate student ...

Prokaryotes are unicellular and lack a nucleus ... in a eukaryote cell. Credit: Technology Networks. Eukaryotic cells are large (around 10–100 μm) and complex. While most eukaryotes are multicellular ...

Prokaryotes are unicellular and lack a nucleus ... in a eukaryote cell. Credit: Technology Networks. Eukaryotic cells are large (around 10–100 μm) and complex. While most eukaryotes are multicellular ...