Trichodesmium, also called sea sawdust, is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria. They are found in nutrient poor tropical and subtropical ocean waters...

Trichodesmium erythraeum is a marine cyanobacteria species characterized by its prolific diazotrophic capabilities. They play a dominant role in the ocean...

Trichodesmium thiebautii is a cyanobacteria that is often found in open oceans of tropical and subtropical regions and is known to be a contributor to...

the open ocean: Crocosphaera and relatives, cyanobacterium UCYN-A, Trichodesmium, as well as Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus. From these lineages,...

domain Bacteria including cyanobacteria (e.g. the highly significant Trichodesmium and Cyanothece), green sulfur bacteria, purple sulfur bacteria, Azotobacteraceae...

often lend a blue-green color. The Red Sea has occasional blooms of red Trichodesmium erythraeum algae.[citation needed] Particles in water can scatter light...

name of the sea may signify the seasonal blooms of the red-coloured Trichodesmium erythraeum near the water's surface. A theory favored by some modern...

and Trichodesmium are speculated to play an important role in the redistribution of nitrogen and carbon in and out of the euphotic zone. Trichodesmium is...

oxidation of amino acids and nitrogen cycling by the marine bacterium Trichodesmium. Her subsequent work investigated nitrogen cycling in harmful algae...

enhances nitrogen fixation and growth in the marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium". Global Change Biology. 13 (2): 531–538. Bibcode:2007GCBio..13..531L...