Researchers, including Dr. Jean Lim, tested water samples collected from red tide blooms off the coast of Southwest Florida. The researchers found several viruses — including one new viral ...

Large concentrations can discolor water from red to brown ... This map shows whether any red tide or blue-green algae have ...

The study, published in the American Society for Microbiology’s journal mSphere, involved researchers testing water samples from red tide blooms off southwest Florida in which they found several ...

Water from areas with blue-green algae can make animals and people ... Karenia brevis, or red tide, is a naturally occurring, ...

Identifying viruses associated with red ... red tide events. In the lab, Lim used a method known as viral metagenomics to identify the viruses present within bloom-containing water samples.

“On Florida’s Suncoast, we rely on clean water and white sandy beaches to support our economy and our way of life,” Buchanan said in a statement. “Red tide has wreaked havoc on marine ...

who collect samples during red tide events. In the lab, Lim used a method known as "viral metagenomics" to identify the viruses present within bloom-containing water samples. “There may be a ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of South Florida sheds light on the environmental drivers of red tide blooms ... within bloom-containing water samples. Viral metagenomics ...