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diatom::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | algae, alga, phytoplankton |
Examples of diatom
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More than 90 percent of known diatom fossils are younger than 18 million years.
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Fossil diatom algae of Cretaceous age from the Alpha Ridge of the Arctic Ocean.
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Each diatom is composed of one cell in a clear silica outer wall and is mobile.
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A diatom that is identical to a natural, earthly species of freshwater diatom.
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Nitrogen fixation and transfer in open ocean diatom-cyanobacterial symbioses.
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On the coast, the bigger problem is a diatom that blows in from off shore.
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So, they figured that the diatom might have a way to deal with the toxins.
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The same appears to be the case with diatom phytoplankton and zooplankton.
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The diatom Skeletonema marinoi is a common species in the spring bloom.
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- Microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
- Diatoms , known in fishkeeping by the misnomer brown algae, are a major group of algae, and are one of the most common types of phytoplankton. Most diatoms are unicellular, although they can exist as colonies in the shape of filaments or ribbons (e.g. Fragillaria), fans (e.g. ...
- One of the Diatomaceae, a family of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy
- (Diatoms) Single celled algae that have interlocking cell walls made of silica.
- (Diatoms) Microscopic algae with plate-like structures composed of silica.
- (diatoms) Photosynthetic microalgae with siliceous cell walls
- (Diatoms) Group of phytoplankton with silica present in the cell walls.
- (Diatoms) An organism that commonly forms brown films on aquarium glass or rocks. Diatoms form their shells from silicate, and can be controlled to some degree by preventing the addition of this compound through the use of purified water.
- (Diatoms) Golden-brown algae that make intricate siliceous shells, which are found in lake plankton and attached to wood and rocks along shorelines. Many diatoms grow in cool water and low light, and are often abundant in winter and early spring in temperate lakes. ...
