Word: cyanobacteria
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Scientists first detected the cyanobacteria that now infests Atitlan in the 1970s. But the genesis of the problem dates to the late 1950s when the Guatemalan government introduced non-native black bass into the lake's waters believing that hotels and restaurants could lure more tourists if they could offer freshly caught lake fish on their menus. Over the years, however, the bass ate through nearly the entire food chain, including the the young of the rare Pato Poc duck. Their consumption disrupted the ecosystem and destroyed the organisms that would have kept the bacteria...
...Silver said that if successful, bacteria fuel cells would be both more economical and more environmentally-friendly than manufactured fuel cells. The cells use cyanobacteria, which has a well-characterized genome sequence, and is cheap, easy to grow, and able to be produced without heavy machinery and materials...