Article: Technically, diatoms aren't animals.(Country conversation & feedback)(Brief article)

Article: Diatoms
World of Earth Science;      700+ words ... ... algae phyla, diatom species are the most numerous. The diatoms are single-celled ... Bilaterally symmetric diatoms are elongated. Radially symmetric diatom frustules have ... mass deaths of diatoms. Over many years, changes in diatom deposition rates ...

Article: Diatom genome helps explain success in trapping excess ...
NewsRx Health;  November 2, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... extremely common, making diatoms 'transgenic by nature ... characterizing the diatom's staying power ... their environment. Diatoms, encapsulated by ... diameter. "The diatom genomes will help ... studies, which hail diatoms as champions in capturing ... to provoke massive diatom blooms. "Once ...

Article: Diatom menagerie: engineering microscopic algae to produce ...
Science News;  July 17, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... consuming endeavor. Diatoms build structures out ... useful devices out of diatom shells, they could enlist ... reproductive capabilities of diatoms to generate trillions ... the fruit fly of diatom research. Once researchers ... more-complex species. Diatoms of the same species consisten

Article: Diatom Genus Diversity and Assemblage Structure in ...
The American Midland Naturalist;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... comprise 97% of the diatoms counted in all samples. Diatom genus diversity ... understanding of how diatom diversity and ... have observed diatoms occupying sites ... understand how diatoms respond to salinity ... investigation of the diatom assemblages of ...

Article: Diatoms becoming vital tool for measuring quality of our ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  April 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... organisms _ known as diatoms _ are found in virtually ... the planet. The diatom is, however, more ... The North American Diatom Ecological Database ... 000 entries on diatoms and water quality ... water quality and diatom species. He hopes that by measuring which diatoms are most ...

Article: Benthic diatom assemblages in an abalone (Haliotis spp.) ...
Pacific Science;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... distribution of diatom taxa according ... BENTHIC DIATOMS occupy a wide variety ... abundant epiphytic diatoms, and the potential diatom-based diet is ... the structure of diatom assemblages of ... epilithic marine diatoms has focused on ...

Article: Diatoms silica & industry: harnessing the biological ...
Chemistry and Industry;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Understanding the way diatoms make silica could benefit ... have been isolated * In diatoms, sugars surrounding ... of silica structures * Diatom genome project under ... understanding for example how diatoms precipitate silica ... Looking at the chemistry of diatom biosilica formation ...