Part 1 shows the Pyrocystis’ life cycle. Part 2 shows the cell wall breaking down. Part 3 shows the cell inflating. Part 4 details the dynamics that occur in the cytoplasm after division.

The phytoplankton Pyrocystis noctiluca is able to navigate vertically upward in the ocean by ballooning to six times its size. Here, individuals under the microscope are shown before and after ...

Researchers now describe a species of bioluminescent phytoplankton, called Pyrocystis noctiluca, that balloons to six times their original size of a few hundred microns.

They showed how a single-celled organism of the species Pyrocystis lunula produces a flash of light when its cell wall is deformed by mechanical forces. Through systematic experimentation ...

video: Short clip of the bioluminescent dinoflagellate Pyrocystis lunula. view more Credit: Maziyar Jalaal/University of Cambridge. Research explains how a unicellular marine organism generates ...

Researchers showed how a single-celled organism of the species Pyrocystis lunula produces a flash of light when its cell wall is deformed by mechanical forces. Through systematic experimentation ...

Ninth-grader Jonathan Myers likes everything about the sea. “I like the oceans and learning the science about the creatures in the oceans and how it all works,” he said. The Oak Grove High ...

Researchers have discovered that the bioluminescent phytoplankton Pyrocystis noctiluca can rapidly inflate, allowing them to float toward the surface of the ocean. This unique mechanism enables them ...