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di·a·tom·ic
/ ˌdīəˈtämik/
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adj. Chem.
consisting of two atoms.
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Diatoms becoming vital tool for measuring quality of our waters.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...organisms _ known as diatoms _ are found in virtually...the planet. The diatom is, however, more...The North American Diatom Ecological Database...000 entries on diatoms and water quality...water quality and diatom species. He hopes that by measuring which diatoms are most ...
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Diatoms silica & industry: harnessing the biological methods of diatoms to make silica could offer a cheaper and less energy-intensive route to make silica. Harvey Black examines the advantages.
Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Understanding the way diatoms make silica could benefit...have been isolated * In diatoms, sugars surrounding...of silica structures * Diatom genome project under...understanding for example how diatoms precipitate silica...Looking at the chemistry of diatom biosilica formation...
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Diatoms as environmental indicators. (use of diatoms in gathering data on ecosystem conditions) (Environmental Wastes Control Digest)
Magazine article from: Public Works; 5/1/1992; ; 700+ words
; ...sufficient for analysis. Diatoms are usually well...cores and analyzing diatom assemblages make...response surfaces of diatom species distributions...environmental variables. Diatoms have been extensively...been studied with diatom measurements. An...environmental change. Diatoms are ...
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Diatom genome helps explain success in trapping excess carbon in oceans.
Newspaper article from: NewsRx Health; 11/2/2008; 700+ words
; ...extremely common, making diatoms 'transgenic by nature...characterizing the diatom's staying power...their environment. Diatoms, encapsulated by...diameter. "The diatom genomes will help...studies, which hail diatoms as champions in capturing...to provoke massive diatom blooms. "Once ...
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Diatom menagerie: engineering microscopic algae to produce designer materials.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: Science News; 7/17/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...consuming endeavor. Diatoms build structures out...useful devices out of diatom shells, they could enlist...reproductive capabilities of diatoms to generate trillions...the fruit fly of diatom research. Once researchers...more-complex species. Diatoms of the same species consisten
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Diatom Genus Diversity and Assemblage Structure in Relation to Salinity at the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma
Magazine article from: The American Midland Naturalist; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...comprise 97% of the diatoms counted in all samples. Diatom genus diversity...understanding of how diatom diversity and...have observed diatoms occupying sites...understand how diatoms respond to salinity...investigation of the diatom assemblages of...
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Parasitic Diatoms Inside Antarctic Sponges.
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 2/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Antarctic ecosystem, because diatoms produce extracellular...the integrity of the diatom shells, the presence...single sponge suggest that diatoms are able to complete...variation suggests that diatom uptake is fortuitous...the sponge surface to diatoms settling upon it, rather...
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Benthic diatom assemblages in an abalone (Haliotis spp.) habitat in the Baja California peninsula (1).
Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 7/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...distribution of diatom taxa according...BENTHIC DIATOMS occupy a wide variety...abundant epiphytic diatoms, and the potential diatom-based diet is...the structure of diatom assemblages of...epilithic marine diatoms has focused on...
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Inland diatoms from the McMurdo Dry Valleys and James Ross Island, Antarctica.(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Botany; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...interpretation that Antarctic diatoms are primarily cosmopolitan...was challenged when diatom taxonomists began...Antarctic freshwater diatoms that can be useful...determine global diatom biogeography are...We examined the diatom flora of the McMurdo...recognized within the diatoms, ...
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Main diatom taxa in the natural diet of juvenile Haliotis fulgens and H. corrugata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Bahia Tortugas and Bahia Asuncion, B. C. S., Mexico (1).
Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...observations on these diatom films show that many are epipelic diatoms suspended from the...and when feeding diatoms to postlarvae or young...Information on the diatom flora found in abalone...importance only of certain diatoms (Cocconeis spp...
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Diatoms
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...algae phyla, diatom species are the most numerous. The diatoms are single-celled...Bilaterally symmetric diatoms are elongated. Radially symmetric diatom frustules have...mass deaths of diatoms. Over many years, changes in diatom deposition rates...
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diatom
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
diatom , unicellular organism of the...beautiful sculpturing. Most diatoms exist singly, although some...limestone has been deposited by diatoms, and much petroleum is of diatom origin. Diatoms are classified in the phylum...
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pennate diatom
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
pennate diatom A diatom ( Bacillariophyta ) that has bilateral symmetry. Some pennate diatoms are marine, others inhabit fresh water, some are planktonic (see PLANKTON ), others live attached to a substrate . Compare CENTRIC DIATOM .
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centric diatom
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
centric diatom A diatom ( Bacillariophyta ) that has radial symmetry. Most centric diatoms are marine. Compare PENNATE DIATOM .
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diatom ooze
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology
diatom ooze A soft, siliceous, deep-sea deposit...composed of more than 30 per cent (by volume) diatom cell walls. Diatomaceous sediments predominate...Pacific, but in the North Atlantic the diatom content is overwhelmed by the terrigenous...
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