How to pronounce“algae”in English

And byproducts of the algae’s photosynthesis provide energy for the jellyfish.

These bacteria are found exclusively inside the algae, where they synthesize the algae’s toxic defenses from compounds they get from their hosts.

The great part about finding so many of these little fossils was that, with the help of high-powered microscopes, the team was able to get a really solid sense of this ancient algae’s features.

If you look closely enough, the algae’s cells are green — on the inside.

In other words, they analyzed and created lists of the stuff in the algae’s DNA.

And as they munch away, they actually take the algae’s chloroplasts, the organelles in their cells responsible for photosynthesis, and store them in pouches in their digestive tract.