Cellulose is the most abundant natural product in the biosphere 1, with plant cell walls representing the most important source, where it serves as a structural component 2. During plant growth, the ...

Genes of a tiny, single-celled green alga called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii may contain scores more data about the common ancestry of plants and animals than the richest paleontological dig.

The algae that could cure blindness doesn’t even see, technically. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii are simple, single-cell green algae that live in water and in dirt. They have a round body, two whip-like ...

Virginia Tech researchers discovered the largest known latent virus infecting Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a green alga long thought to be virus-free. Named Punuivirus, it integrates into the host ...

A team of biophysicists led by Prof. Dr. Oliver Bäumchen and Dr. Maike Lorenz has developed a detailed protocol for the reliable cultivation of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

Researchers had been studying the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii for decades without seeing evidence of an active virus within it — until a pair of Virginia Tech researchers waded into the ...

We are investigating cell biological processes in the chloroplast of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. This unicellular green alga is a popular model organism for research of chloroplast biogenesis and ...

A green, single-celled organism called Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has served as a model species for topics spanning algae-based biofuels to plant evolution. While algae have been used as dietary ...