Talk:Cladophora

clarify tag -- phosphorous or phosphorus?
Phosphorous is a real word, but here it seems more likely to be a misspelling of phosphorus. Can't be sure though as I don't know anything about cladophora. --Trovatore (talk) 09:51, 10 February 2010 (UTC)


 * The correct word is indeed phosphorus. I have removed the clarify tag. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JVV198 (talk • contribs) 19:15, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Incorrect
This speices is a protist, not a plant, as are most, if not all, algeas.72.49.27.232 (talk) 00:32, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Invasive status
Cladophora is not invasive in the great lakes: the genus is native there. Huge increases in the algae have been caused by invasive mussels, but the species involved are native to the region. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.170.14.2 (talk) 04:12, 7 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Agreed. That section shoud be renamed and rewritten to reflect this.
 * --Episcophagus (talk) 13:29, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Merge with Kaipen
These two articles are the same plant. The content should be combined and placed on the genus page. --Nessie (talk) 20:05, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I added a link to kaipen, but I don't agree that the articles should be merged. While kaipen is made from Cladophora (obviosly with added vegetables and sesame seeds), it is not the same thing as the "plant" or genus. However some of the information in the Cladophora-article should be moved to kaipen (which perhaps should be extended to "kai" and cover all variants of the food) or deleted IMHO.
 * Also I think there should be some cleaning up of the spelling of "kai", "khai" and "kháy".
 * --Episcophagus (talk) 13:29, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Polymer-cellulosic batteries
A new polymer-cellulosic battery is being developed, based on the geometry of Cladophora algae. Cladophora has a unique cellulosic cell structure with a very high surface area. Algal cellulose actually has a fundamentally different nanostructure from terrestrial plant cellulose. This forms an excellent template for surface modification to include a conducting polymer. By looking to nature, the Angstrom Lab's scientists were able to clear a substantial hurdle in the field of polymer-cellulose batteries. See: http://www.asknature.org/product/b319c1b4bc9fc8f52c90283f578782c2 This might make a helpful addition to the article. Thanks. --Lbeaumont (talk) 20:37, 15 March 2013 (UTC)