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A Characterization of the organism known as Didymo. And what makes it a pest in New Zealand.
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| Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) M. Schmidt (1899)5 otherwise known as Didymo, is an unwanted organism in New Zealand8. It has been causing significant invasive blooms in New Zealand’s South Island Rivers and streams since its initial discovery in 2004. Its bloom of large slimy mat like structures made of copious amounts of extracellular stalk, can coat the river floors with a benthic mat of siliceous slime, coating the riverbeds stones, and causing an eyesore to our highly valued, picturesqu...
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