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SUBMITTER: Garcia CP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4010438 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20140505 5
In the following article an electron/ion microscopy study will be presented which investigates the uptake of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) by the marine diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana, a primary producer aquatic species. This organism has a characteristic silica exoskeleton that may represent a barrier for the uptake of some chemical pollutants, including nanoparticles (NPs), but that presents a technical challenge when attempting to use electron-microscopy (EM) methods to study NP uptake. Here ...[more]