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Microcystis floating colonies in an Erlenmeyer flask. As the etymological derivation implies, Microcystis is characterized by small cells (a few micrometers in diameter), possessing gas-filled vesicles (also lacking individual sheaths). [2]
A range of microalgae species are produced in hatcheries and are used in a variety of ways for commercial purposes, including for human nutrition, [19] as biofuel, [20] in the aquaculture of other organisms, [21] in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, [22] and as biofertiliser. [23]
Dunaliella salina was named by Emanoil C. Teodoresco of Bucharest, Romania after its original discoverer, Michel Felix Dunal, who first scientifically reported sighting the organism in saltern evaporation ponds in Montpellier, France in 1838.
Emiliania huxleyi was named after Thomas Huxley and Cesare Emiliani, who were the first to examine sea-bottom sediment and discover the coccoliths within it.It is believed to have evolved approximately 270,000 years ago from the older genus Gephyrocapsa Kampter [8] [9] and became dominant in planktonic assemblages, and thus in the fossil record, approximately 70,000 years ago.
Mata Hari, Agent H21 (Italian:Mata-Hari, agente segreto H21) is a 1964 French-Italian spy film directed by Jean-Louis Richard and starring Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Claude Rich. [2] It portrays the activities of the First World War spy Mata Hari .