Using transmission electron microscopy, the team found that salinity affects the structure of the diatom's polysaccharide layer located between the frustule and the cell membrane.

Daniel R. O’Donnell, Sophia M. Beery, Elena Litchman, Temperature-dependent evolution of cell morphology and carbon and nutrient content in a marine diatom, Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 66, No. 12 ...

Diatoms with a surprising appetite for nitrate discovered Date: August 31, 2022 Source: University of Southern Denmark Summary: Diatoms – unicellular organisms – have long been known to ...

Diatom heterotrophy on brown algal polysaccharides emerged through horizontal gene transfer, gene duplication, and neofunctionalization. PLOS Biology, 2025; 23 (4): e3003038 DOI: 10.1371/journal ...

3D digital reconstruction of the proton pump enzyme (green) that surrounds the diatom chloroplast (red) and enhances photosynthesis. The cell is ~5 microns in length, so you could fit 20 of them side ...

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant within sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for more than 7,000 years. The tiny diatom cells have regained full biological ...