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What is your favorite algea? Mine is shotgun kelp, Agarum clathratum. It just rolls off the tongue, ya know?

I'm biased toward cyanobacteria (which under the botanical definition is still considered algae despite being bacteria)

Based purely on aesthics, aphanocapsa liIacia (if im remembering the name right). It's always my favorite when I do transfers bc its purple :-]

But hopefully starting in the fall I'll be working fischerella species. So hopefully they become my favorites (again, aesthetically Fischerella is gorgeous)

#i dont really have a true favorite just bc i dont work one on one with any so im usually just transfering or working with communities where #i cant id anything bc its all filamentous cyanos haha #i need to read more abt other algae. i am biased toward the micro algae bc idk microbes r more my thing but in the last year ive come #around to other algae. i really know nothing abt like kelp but id loooooove to learn #i hear the life cycles r wild? idk algae is just so cool on all levels #my favorite thing is imaging the transition from single celled and photosynthetic to multicellular and photosynthetic #its wild. evolution is so so so cool. i love it so much. which is y im so excited abt starting my phd #ive started a doc abt the extremely granular aspects of photosynthesis with respect to pigments and protien structure #and when im not actively suffering i try to add to it bc im a nerd lol. i just want all the little details u kno?#i wanna kno how photosynthesis works across organisms and where processes break down. its so lovely #i dont kno how to express how i feel abt it bc the feeling is too big #glad to kno there r other algae fans out there ^^#unrelated

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