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.

We examine diatoms via research-grade microscopes. Our lab also houses several thousand glass microslides and archived material, primarily from arctic, alpine and Antarctic lakes and streams. Our work ...

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 are the most important producers of plant biomass in the ocean and help to transport carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere into the deep ocean and thus regulate our climate. Because ...

Our diatom research is focused on the pursuit of comparative biology: the systematics, evolution and biogeography of freshwater diatoms. The research covers both extinct and extant taxa, and utilises ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Prof Hemendrakumar Prithviraj Gandhi, 'Father of Indian freshwater diatom science', dedicated his life to diatom research, discovering 299 new taxa and facing challenges like lack of funds and ...