Introduction to Didymosphenia geminata (Didymo)

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Uploaded by on Apr 21, 2008

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  • If collected and processed could it be good as a crops fertilizer?

  • @nedeljkomostar Not really, Didymo is a silicon based algae over say a Carbon based one.

  • In Venice, Italy a company is harvesting the algae that grows in the lagoons for paper. I think they are also burning it for fuel. In the last part of the clip one of the park rangers had a chunk of the algae and tearing it into two. It looked like cardboard.

    So has anyone thought to harvest this growth for a useful purpose?

  • @SpeaksToDragons It is plausible however probably due to it's nature such trials would probably involve a lot of scrutiny by BioSecurityNZ since the spread of it is possible; When looking in waterways after a fresh/flush it looks like large chunks of toilet paper floating down.

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  • thanks for uploading this video...its very educational for students.

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