Anticancer Compounds Derived from Marine Diatoms
Marine Drugs, 2020 Cancer is the main cause of death worldwide, so the discovery of new and effective therapeutic agents must be urgently addressed. Diatoms are rich in minerals and secondary metabolites such as saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, esters, acyl lipids ...
H. Hussein, M. A. Abdullah
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Bioaccumulation of Lanthanum by Two Strains of Marine Diatoms <i>Nanofrustulum shiloi</i> and <i>Halamphora kolbei</i>. [PDF]
Biology (Basel)Bioaccumulation by diatoms, as the first stage of biomineralisation, has been widely studied for various metals, such as cadmium, copper, zinc, aluminium, gold, silver, etc. However, despite the fact that the mining and utilization of rare earth elements
Balycheva DS +7 more
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All New Faces of Diatoms: Potential Source of Nanomaterials and Beyond
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 Nature’s silicon marvel, the diatoms have lately astounded the scientific community with its intricate designs and lasting durability. Diatoms are a major group of phytoplanktons involved in the biogeochemical cycling of silica and are virtually inherent
Meerambika Mishra +4 more
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Environmental Factors, Not Biotic Competitive Interactions, Drive the Relative Abundance of Diatoms and Chlorophyta in the Coastal Areas of the Beibu Gulf: Evidence From 18S rDNA Metabarcoding and Partial Least Squares-Path Modeling Analysis. [PDF]
Ecol EvolDiatoms and Chlorophyta are two major phyla of phytoplankton in marine ecosystems. The quantitative detection of the population succession and the interaction between them in natural marine ecosystems is a key challenge that ecologists face.
Peng C +9 more
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ECOLOGICAL STUDY OF EPIPHYTIC DIATOMS ON TWO SUBMERGED AQUATIC MACROPHYTES IN TIGRIS RIVER, IRAQ
The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural science, 2019 This study was aimed to provide the baseline information of epiphytic diatom communities in the Tigris river within Wasit Province to fill the information gap on the algal distribution.
Hayder B. Ali
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Morphology and mechanical behavior of diatoms in wet and dry states studied using nano-XCT. [PDF]
BMC BiolBackground Diatoms are widely studied biological objects because of their large variety of geometric shapes and their unique physical and chemical properties. They survive widely in nature within moisture.
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Exploring diatom diversity through cultures - a case study from the Bow River, Canada
Journal of Limnology, 2022 Diatom cultures can help answer taxonomic, biogeographic and ecological questions on a local and global scale. Unialgal cultures are derived from a single cell and provide abundant material for morphological and molecular analyses.
Oliver Skibbe +3 more
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Ecosystem services provided by freshwater and marine diatoms
Hydrobiologia, 2022 Diatoms, a unique group of algae colonising a wide range of aquatic habitats and contributing to human well-being in many ways. We list and summarise these services using the classification of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), i.e.
Viktória B‐Béres +6 more
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Pathway of Diatoms Enter Experimental Rabbits through the Lymphatic System of the Digestive Tract
Fayixue Zazhi, 2022 ObjectiveTo study whether diatoms can enter the body through the lymphatic system of the digestive tract.MethodsTwenty experimental rabbits were divided into the test group and the control group randomly, and intragastric administration was performed ...
DU Yu-kun +9 more
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Diatoms.org: supporting taxonomists, connecting communities
Diatom Research, 2021 Consistent identification of diatoms is a prerequisite for studying their ecology, biogeography, and successful application as environmental indicators.
S. Spaulding +7 more
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