A group of diatom species belonging to the Nitzschia genus gave up on photosynthesis and now get their carbon straight from their environment, thanks to a bacterial gene picked up by an ancestor.

Tiny diatoms are beautiful, ... About 20 percent of that oxygen comes from photosynthesis by marine diatoms — the most important little organisms that most people have never heard of.

Scientists have discovered that marine diatoms, tiny phytoplankton abundant in the sea, have an animal-like urea cycle, and that this cycle enables the diatoms to efficiently use carbon and ...

University of Washington. "Genetic switch lets marine diatoms do less work at higher carbon dioxide." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 06 / 150615130908.htm (accessed June 2 ...

Within the complex hierarchy of marine ecosystems, giant viruses are now being recognized as novel drivers of both ecological ...

Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.

Diatoms help mediate carbon and oxygen cycles, are a foundational component of marine food webs, and they process an incredible amount of silica, which comprises about one-quarter of the earth's ...

A simple single-celled marine organism, known as a diatom, has an enormous impact on our atmosphere and oceans, and without these chlorophyll- producing organisms classified as phytoplankton, life ...