50 Species of Diatoms
Posted on January 7, 2008 Comments (3)
Photo of diatoms by Randolph Femmer (sadly the government deleted the site, breaking the link, so I removed it).
A photomicrograph depicting the siliceous frustules of fifty species of diatoms arranged within a circular shape. The image has been inverted to white on black to bring out details. Diatoms form the base of many marine and aquatic foodchains and upon death, their glassy frustules form sediments known as diatomaceous earth.
Related: 2006 Nikon Small World Photos – Art of Science 2006 – Scanning Electron Microscope Rose Art
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November 15th, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
the study of diatoms pushed back by 10 to 30 million years the known date for the appearance of certain marine forms of this type of algae. This new information, taken together with recent data on molecular phylogeny, marks a huge advance in our understanding of the complex evolutionary history of diatoms…
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