1. Although other chytrids parasitize a range of organisms, from microscopic algae to insects, they have never before been found to cause disease in vertebrates. 2. Fish with sores, lesions and tumors -- believed caused by a mysterious microscopic algae called Cryptoperidiniopsis. 3. The microscopic algae turns red in the sun, and where the algae form large colonies, the sea looks red. 4. The microscopic algae, Cryptoperidiniopsis, is the chief suspect in the illness and death of mullet, snook, jack crevalle and sheepshead in the rivers. 5. The same toxic microscopic algae identified in the St. Lucie Estuary last week also was found in the St. Johns River last year. 6. The tropic sun is the power behind this feast, fueling both the flotillas of tiny drifting plants and the microscopic algae that dwell inside each coral polyp. 7. Many microscopic algae are playing important role in biological nitrogen fixation and thus are improving the soil quality. 8. A preliminary medical investigation found the water at the facility apparently was contaminated with highly toxic microscopic algae. 9. The algae bloom, or red tide, is caused by an explosion of microscopic toxic algae that colour ocean waters a reddish-brown. |