Diatoms can vary in size and shape a great deal, ranging from 2 micrometers across, or roughly 35 times smaller than the width of a human hair, to 200 micrometers across, or roughly three times larger ...

There are several tens of thousands species, most of which are 0.1 millimeter or smaller and come in shapes such as circles, triangles and rugby balls. Diatoms can be arranged and placed together ...

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from ...

Winter brought a colder and icier season to the Great Lakes, especially Lake Erie, which saw a near-complete ice cover in ...

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked up by an ancestor, ...

Although the shape and structure of the frustule vary from one diatom species to another, the frustule itself is a rather ...

Because diatom cell walls are comprised of opaline silica—essentially, glass—they remain preserved in sediments even after their organic components have decomposed. The shape of diatom cell ...

The Diatom Section of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History houses a research collection of diatoms that is worldwide in scope, with particular strengthes in North America, Asia, and ...

Blooms of diatoms—microscopic, photosynthetic algae—were alive and well beneath (and within) the lake's ice cover. "Some of the main winter-spring diatom bloom formers, like Aulacoseira ...

Ocean acidification is changing the nature of inorganic carbon availability in the global oceans. Diatoms account for ~ 40% of all marine primary productivity and are major contributors to the export ...

We also suggested that a warming climate will simultaneously enhance the productivity of large phytoplankton, such as diatoms, in coastal regions, owing to increased wind-driven upwelling 1.