Biliprotein
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Biliproteins are pigment protein compounds that are located in photosynthesising organisms such as algae, and sometimes also in certain insects. They refer to any protein that contains a bilin chromop
A phycobilisome made up by stacks of phycobiliprotein subunits attached together.
The large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae), from which the biliprotein known as 'bilin-binding protein' was extracted.
Cyanotoxin
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Cyanotoxins are toxins produced by cyanobacteria. Cyanobacteria are found almost everywhere, but particularly in lakes and in the ocean where, under high concentration of phosphorus conditions, they r
Green scum produced by and containing cyanobacteria, washed up on a rock in California during an algal bloom
Formation of cyanobacterial blooms Key factors include anthropogenic eutrophication, global climate change such as increased temperature and light or global warming due to an increase in ozone depleting substances (e.g., CO2, N2O, etc.), and other biotic and abiotic factors responsible for the worldwide bloom incidence.
Transmission from cyanobacteria to the bald eagle