#diatoms — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #diatoms, aggregated by home.social.
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Camera trap for microscopic aquatic life. Is it possible? How?
#microscopy #micrography #pondlife #aquaticlife #microscopicorganisms #microscopiclife #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #cameratraps #wildlifetraps #diatoms #ciliates #amoebas #algae -
Meet your oxygen-makers
Living diatoms generate about 20 to 50 percent of the oxygen produced on the planet each year, take in over 6.7 billion tonnes of silicon each year from the waters in which they live, and constitute nearly half of the organic material found in the oceans. The shells of dead diatoms can reach as much as a half-mile (800 m) deep on the ocean floor.
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Some #microalgae smartly switch energy systems to support growth under nutrient limitation https://microbiologycommunity.nature.com/posts/some-microalgae-smartly-switch-energy-systems-to-support-growth-under-nutrient-limitation
#Plastid-localized #xanthorhodopsin increases #diatom biomass and ecosystem productivity in iron-limited surface oceans https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01498-5
"marine #diatoms, a globally important group of #algae can switch between #photosynthesis and a light-driven #rhodopsin proton pump to support growth in iron-deprived waters"
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Journey to the Microcosmos: *The Tube-dwelling Architects Of The Microcosmos*