Euglena Research Laboratory Tour

Kengo Suzuki, head of Research and Development at Euglena Co., looks at Euglena, a single-celled microscopic algae, known as Midorimushi in Japanese, displayed on a monitor, using a microscope during a demonstration at the company's laboratory in the University of Tokyo, in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Euglena Co., listed on the Mothers section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2012, researches, develops, produces and sells Euglena and related products such as functional foods containing the algae. The company is also researching and developing Euglena as a raw material for second generation biofuels. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images