“Diatoms: Life in Glass Houses” revisited: Updates and Comments
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Harbich T.
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Gordon R.
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Cohn S.A.
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Ashworth M.P.
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Annenkov V.V.
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Goessling J.W.
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1 Independent Researcher, Am Brüdenrain, Weissach im Tal, Germany
2 Gulf Specimen Marine Lab & Aquarium, Panacea, FL 32346 USA
3 DePaul University, Chicago, USA
4 UTEX Culture Collection of Algae, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA
5 Limnological Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia
6 Laboratory for Innovation and Sustainability of Marine Biological Resources (ECOMARE), Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, Portugal
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https://doi.org/10.31951/2658-3518-2024-A-6-1454Keywords:
diatomaceous earth, cell walls, centrics, pennates, microtubule center, motility, phototaxis, mitosis and cleavage, valve and spine morphogenesis, sex in pennatesAbstract
The film “Diatoms: Life in Glass Houses”, produced in 2003, covers various aspects of this ecologically important class of algae, such as their occurrence, cell biology including cell division and reproduction, morphology, morphogenesis, motility, and the formation of colonies. The aim of this work is to review and comment on some of the aspects presented in the video in the light of current knowledge. Special attention will be given to the constraints imposed by the solid silica wall and how diatoms cope with them. No attempt is made to be comprehensive.
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