A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from ...

We have suggested that future warming climate scenarios will result in a shift in the phytoplankton community in the central ocean gyres towards smaller cells, and that under such conditions ...

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks ...

PLOS. (2025, April 1). A borrowed bacterial gene allowed some marine diatoms to live on a seaweed diet. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 8, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 ...

"Some of the main winter-spring diatom bloom formers, like Aulacoseira islandica, have a symbiotic relationship with heterotrophic bacteria capable of forming tiny ice crystals, which over time ...

Researchers have successfully revived algae that remained dormant underneath sediment at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for ...

Researchers have successfully revived dormant algae that sank to the bottom of the Baltic Sea nearly 7,000 years ago.

Oku, 52, is thought to be one of only a few diatom artists in the world. Diatoms are so tiny that he has produced about 600 pieces in the past decade. But with his creations gaining newfound ...