The organism is a cyanobacterium, also known as blue-green algae, although it is technically not an algae.

这种微生物是一种藻青菌，也称为蓝绿藻，尽管严格来讲它并不是一种藻类。

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Researchers monitoring the spread of the blue-green algae said such blooms had spread over the Baltic sea each summer for decades.

研究人员检测到蓝绿色藻类如此蔓延在波罗的海的每年夏天，长达数十年之久。

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As well threatening certain species, blue-green algae can also pose a risk to human health, and officials are advising people not to bathe in areas where the algae is visible.

以及物种的威胁，蓝绿色海藻还可能影响人类的健康，专家建议人们不要在有藻类的地方洗澡。

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It was this very same blue-green algae that created the oxygen they are now breathing.

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The organisms do not fit easily into our classification schemes, though in some respects they resemble blue-green algae.

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And UC Davis researchers figured out a way to engineer blue-green algae to make fuel from sunlight.

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