A little aquatic microbe called a cyanobacterium drifts by.

一种叫做蓝藻的水生微生物漂过。

So if we didn't have the cyanobacteria we wouldn't be around.

没有它们，怎能有今天的我们？

The water and nutrients provided by the mushroom cap helped keep the cyanobacteria alive.

蘑菇帽提供的水和营养有助于蓝藻的存活。

But cyanobacteria are aquatic and tend to be quite finicky.

但是蓝藻是水生的，往往非常挑剔。

In the oceans, cyanobacteria would dominate over other phytoplankton species.

在海洋中，蓝藻将会主导其他浮游植物。

For one thing, cyanobacteria survived the experience, and they photosynthesize.

首先，藻青菌存活了下来，还进行了光合作用。

This process, photosynthesis, also produces a calcareous deposit which surrounds and protects the cyanobacteria, allowing them to form colonies.

这个过程，也就是光合作用，也会产生一种包围和保护蓝藻的钙质沉积物，让它们形成菌落。

It will create methods for measuring and testing for toxins produced by cyanobacteria.

政府还将设法测量和检测蓝藻细菌产生的毒素。

A toxic flowering of " cyanobacterium" was found in seasonal water sources in the area.

在该地区的季节性水源中发现了有毒的“蓝藻细菌”。

And the cyanobacteria also fix nitrogen from the atmosphere, helping other microorganisms to thrive.

而且蓝细菌也可以调整空气中的氮含量，帮助其他微生物茁壮成长。

Billions of years ago, the oxygen-pumping cyanobacteria invented photosynthesis and transformed our planet's atmosphere.

数十亿年前，富氧蓝藻发明了光合作用，并借此改变了地球的大气层。

They all feed off the Earth's heat all except the cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae.

它们都依靠地球热能生存，除了蓝细菌或是蓝绿藻以外。

They have inherited from those minuscule cyanobacteria, the power to capture light's energy.

它们从微小的古细菌继承了吸收光线能量的能力。

Then, they 3D printed colonies of cyanobacteria on top in a spiral.

然后，他们在顶部以螺旋形 3D 打印蓝藻菌落。

They're cyanobacteria. They're green. They photosynthesize. They need light, but they also need water.

它们是蓝细菌它们是绿色的，能进行光合作用。它们需要光，当然也需要水。

Thanks to cyanobacteria, life was able to quickly diversify and become more complex.

得益于这些菌类，生命快速地多样化起来变得越来越复杂。

Fertilized by the dust, cyanobacteria can then grow and pull carbon dioxide out of the water.

蓝细菌经过这些灰尘的洗礼就可以生长并把水中的二氧化碳排到外面。

Thanks to the cyanobacteria, a fascinating self-perpetuating circle came into being.

感谢蓝藻，一个迷人的自我永恒的循环就此形成。

In any body of water that receives sufficient sunlight, plant-like organisms such as algae and cyanobacteria thrive.

在任何有足够阳光的水体中，类似植物的生物，例如水藻和蓝绿细菌会很繁盛。

BMAA starts out in cyanobacteria, and travels up the food chain through crabs and shrimp and fish.

BMAA最初存在于蓝藻中，之后通过螃蟹、虾类和鱼类进入食物链上层。