The diatom Skeletonema. (Image credit: Andrew Alverson) Advances in DNA sequencing technologies have made it possible, and practical, to address these types of questions with whole-genome sequencing.

Diatoms have sex after all, and ammonium puts them in the mood Date: July 7, 2017 Source: Oregon State University Summary: New research shows a species of diatom, a single-celled algae, thought to ...

Diatoms, long thought to reproduce asexually, do engage in sexual reproduction, with ammonium acting as an aphrodisiac.

Diatoms are tiny, single-celled alga with cell walls made of silica—plankton are a well-known example. They typically live at or near ocean surfaces, though they have also been found to sink lower.

Diatoms constitute one of the major lineages of photosynthetic eukaryotes on earth, and there are probably more than approximately 10 5 species (Mann and Droop, 1996).Their contribution to global ...

Diatoms are classified as a major group of algae. The most common types of diatoms are phytoplankton. They are single-celled, but they have been observed to form colonies in ribbon, filaments ...

Marine diatoms in tillites along the Transantarctic Mountains ... D. M., McMinn, A. & Quilty, P. G. Diatom biostratigraphy and age of the Pliocene Sørsdal Formation, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica.

Diatoms – unicellular organisms – have long been known to science, but their overwhelming appetite for nitrate is a new discovery made in a global survey. Nitrate is a nutrient, widely used as ...

A new study led by researchers from the U of A found that diatoms evolved slowly for the first 100 million years of their existence. Then, 170 million years ago, they reached an inflection point ...

Ocean acidification may lead to smaller, lighter diatoms in seawater, which could also shrink how much carbon the tiny ocean algae can help sequester. Skip to content. Subscribe or renew today ...