Of course, we're still not quite sure how algae get in the clouds.

然，我们仍然不太确定藻是如何进入云层。

So what you have is real rich growth of algae for the oysters.

因此，对于牡蛎来说，藻生长非常旺盛。

When currents and temperatures cause a large bloom of algae in the ocean, these bacteria also feed on dying algae.

流和温度导致海中藻大量繁殖时，这些细菌也会以垂死藻为。

The alga bloom forced officials to close fishing areas in several states.

这种藻华疯长迫使政府关闭了数个州捕区。

But scientists say the less-common toxic alga can cause brain damage or even death.

但是科学家表示，一些少见有毒藻会造成脑损伤甚至死亡。

What they expected to find was two genomes: one fungus, one alga.

一个是真菌，另一个是藻。

Deborah Fauquier says scientists will look for evidence of the harmful alga in the whales.

福基尔表示，科学家们将会寻找有害藻对鲸造成伤害相关证据。

There are many other bioluminescent organisms besides bacteria and algae, so stay tuned for our next bioluminescence episode.

除了细菌和藻之外， 还有许多其他生物发光生物，因此请继续关注我们下一集生物发光内容。

What does Sidney Pierce say about genes from an alga?

4. Sidney Pierce 对藻基因有何看法？

The lionfish's menu includes herbivores that eat algae, like parrotfish or surgeonfish.

狮子物包括以藻为草动物，例如鹦嘴和刺尾。

They're dipped for certain durations to allow the alga's natural fluorescent glow to remain visible under fluorescence microscopes.

它们被浸泡一定时间，让藻天然荧光在荧光显微镜下保持可见。

Scientists have found that these rains are usually stained either by dust from deserts or microscopic algae that are suspended in the raindrops.

科学家们发现，这些雨水通常是被沙漠中灰尘或悬浮在雨滴中微小藻污染了。

Remember that tiny alga whose tasty snack started the development of all the plant life on Earth hundreds of millions of years ago?

还记得数亿年前那种小小藻吗？它们美味点心开启了地球上所有植物发展。

But locals say this year's sea sparkle is especially vibrant, possibly related to the historic rains that soaked the region and generated algae bloom.

但地人说， 今年海水波光格外鲜艳，可能与该地区历史性降雨浸透并产生藻繁殖有关。

Chlamydomonas is a single-celled alga that uses its centrioles for both swimming and reproduction, so can't do both at the same time.

衣藻是一种单细胞藻，利用其中心粒进行游泳和繁殖，因此不能同时进行。

Mixotrophy even cuts both ways: an alga called Tripos furca can consume several microscopic animals a day, allowing it to survive in darkness for weeks.

一种叫骨叉角藻藻每天可以吃几只微型动物，帮助它在黑暗中存活数周。

" There's no way on earth that genes from an alga should work inside an animal cell, " says Sidney Pierce from the University of South Florida.

南佛罗里达大学西德尼·皮尔斯说，“藻基因本不可能在动物细胞内发生作用。”

Marine biologists in Namibia suspect the deaths were caused by a neurotoxin called domoic acid, which is produced by algae blooms like red tide.

纳米比亚海生物学家怀疑这些死亡是由一种叫做软骨藻酸神经毒素引起，这种毒素是由赤潮等藻大量繁殖产生。

All the plants we know today descended from the same ancestor: a teeny-tiny green alga — that's the singular for algae — that existed around 500 million years ago.

我们今天所知道所有植物都起源于同一个祖先：一种微小绿藻——这是藻唯一名称——大约存在于 5 亿年前。

Researchers have not been able to find traces of the compounds in rocks older than that, despite the existence of fossils of a red and a green alga — both eukaryotes — dating back about one billion years.

尽管存在着约10亿年前红色和绿色藻化石（都是真核生物），研究人员却无法在比那更古老岩石中发现这些化合物痕迹。