There are a good number of Filipino seaweed farmers and entrepreneurs who have focused efforts and invested money in farming Eucheuma and Kappaphycus. These red sea vegetables, produced mainly in ...

Orono, Me-- Sequencing of the nuclear genome of Porphyra umbilicalis-- laver or Atlantic nori-- has revealed insights into how the bangiophyte red algae have thrived for over a billion years in the ...

I love seaweed. Maybe it’s because I am from California and we are all plant loving hippies or maybe it’s because they’re the underappreciated overlords of the sea and I respect that. Seriously though ...

The red algae called Porphyra and its ancestors have thrived for millions of years in the harsh habitat of the intertidal zone -- exposed to fluctuating temperatures, high UV radiation, severe salt ...

Genes picked up from a microbial hitch-hiker may enable some Japanese individuals to extract otherwise intractable nutrients from seaweed. Although gene transfer to gut microbes is suspected in other ...