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SUBMITTER: Aguirre LE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5865130 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aguirre Luis Ever LE Ouyang Liangqi L Elfwing Anders A Hedblom Mikael M Wulff Angela A Inganäs Olle O
Scientific reports 20180323 1
The evolutionary causes for generation of nano and microstructured silica by photosynthetic algae are not yet deciphered. Diatoms are single photosynthetic algal cells populating the oceans and waters around the globe. They generate a considerable fraction (20-30%) of all oxygen from photosynthesis, and 45% of total primary production of organic material in the sea. There are more than 100,000 species of diatoms, classified by the shape of the glass cage in which they live, and which they build ...[more]