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Diatom

A diatom (Neo-Latin diatoma) is any member of a large group comprising several genera of algae, specifically microalgae, found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world. Living diatoms make up a significant portion of Earth's biomass. They generate about 20 to 50 percent of the oxygen produced on the planet each year, take in over 6.7 billion…

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related to External links · 39
Diatom → An Introduction, ANSP, Archived, August, BergenDiatom, California Museum, Circulation, Diatom EST, Diatoms, Diatoms Archived, Ecology, Education, Eureka, February, History, InstituteAlgae, Learning, McLaughlin, Microfossil Image Recovery, Microscopical Study
related to history · 29
Diatom → Although, Bacillaria, Cape Verde Islands, Charles Darwin, Charles King, Danish, Darwin, Diatomaceae, During, English, Few, Fuego, Fueguinos, He, In, It, Like, On, Origin, Otto Friedrich Müller
related to Classes and orders · 18
Diatom → AlgaeBase, As, Bacillariophyceae, Bacillariophyta, Centrales, Coscinodiscophyceae, Crawford, Current, DiatomBase, For, Fragilariophyceae, Mann, Marine Species, Pennales, Round, Ruggiero, This, World Register
related to Isotope records · 17
Diatom → An, In, Ma, Northern Hemisphere, Over, Pacific Ocean, Paleoclimate, Paleoclimatology, Peaks, Pliocene, Proxy, Quaternary, Snelling, Swann, The, When, While
related to Urea cycle · 14
Diatom → Allen, Because, Catabolism, First, GS-GOGAT, However, In, NH, NO, The, Their, This, Two, While
related to Turnover · 13
Diatom → Although, Antarctica, Cenozoic, Eocene, Further, Increased, Miocene, Neogene, Oligocene, Paleocene, Pliocene, Quaternary, This
has impact · 12
Diatom → Australia, Cells, Didymo, Didymosphenia, Europe, In, New Zealand, North America, Sinking, The, This, When
related to Phytochromes · 12
Diatom → Analysis, DNA, Even, However, It, Light, Phytochromes, Since, Such, Tara Oceans, The, These
related to Silica cycle · 12
Diatom → Although, Diatoms, Inputs, Ma, Most, My, Phanerozoic, Prior, Subsequently, The, Triassic, Within
related to Silicification · 12
Diatom → Additionally, As, Cylindrotheca, In, Much, Once, Silaffins, Thalassiosira, The, These, This, When

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the carotenoid fucoxanthininstance ofhaving four cell membranes and containing pigments0.80text
plants lack.While often overlooked in photosynthetic organismsinstance ofthey are seen to share this feature that more closely related organisms0.80text
the mitochondria also play critical roles in energy balanceinstance ofthey are seen to share this feature that more closely related organisms0.80text
golden algaeinstance ofMany are autotrophs0.80text
kelpinstance ofMany are autotrophs0.80text
diatomaceous earthinstance ofand with some rocks0.80text
being composed almost entirely of them.Relation to grasslandsThe expansion of grassland biomesinstance ofand with some rocks0.80text
the evolutionary radiation of grasses during the Miocene is believed to have increased the flux of soluble silicon to the oceansinstance ofand with some rocks0.80text
and it has been argued that this promoted the diatoms during the Cenozoic erainstance ofand with some rocks0.80text
being composed almost entirely of theminstance ofand with some rocks0.80text
red algae.Horizontal gene transferIn addition to EGTinstance ofphylogenomic analyses of diatom proteomes and chromalveolate evolutionary history will likely take advantage of complementary genomic data from under-sequenced lineages0.80text
horizontal gene transferinstance ofphylogenomic analyses of diatom proteomes and chromalveolate evolutionary history will likely take advantage of complementary genomic data from under-sequenced lineages0.80text

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