Did each of the two major kinds of algae, red and green, ... But recently, a new generation of gene sequencing machines has become available, and Bhattacharya’s lab has acquired one.

A PAPER by Miss Margery Knight, published in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, vol. 53, part ii., No. 17, upon the life-history and cytology of Pylaiella litoralis Kjellm ...

The red algae is killing off sea life and commercial fishing, dampening the tourism industry, and worrying seaside residents about air quality, since the toxins, Leatherman said, can also be airborne.

The overriding theory is that it's a bloom of algae brought on by rising water temperatures, said Kate Kanouse, a habitat biologist for the Department of Fish & Game.