He could see diatoms across the field of view as he peered into a microscope to see plankton from Tokyo Bay as part of his research on maritime environment. "I saw so many shells that appeared ...

Caption Thalassiosira pseudonana -- with a hard outer shell of silica shaped like a hatbox and marked with pores -- is 3 to 4 microns in size, making it among the smallest diatoms. New insights ...

The tiny diatom cells have regained full biological ... Many organisms, from bacteria to plankton to mammals, can go into "sleep mode," or dormancy, in order to survive periods of unfavorable ...

The Epithemia diatom pictured here was found growing attached to rocks ... the evolution and extinction of fossil marine plankton, as well as understanding past climate, anthropogenic impacts, and ...

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus, gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked up by an ancestor ...

The Diatom Section of the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History houses a research collection of diatoms that is worldwide in scope, with particular strengthes in North America, Asia, and ...

A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked up by an ancestor.

The tiny diatom cells have regained full biological ... Many organisms, from bacteria to plankton to mammals, can go into "sleep mode," or dormancy, in order to survive periods of unfavorable ...

The Epithemia diatom pictured here was found growing attached to rocks ... the evolution and extinction of fossil marine plankton, as well as understanding past climate, anthropogenic impacts, and ...