Directory of Bacillariophyta Resources

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Members of the kingdom Bacillariophyta are the diatoms. They are unicellular organisms that have cell walls, or tests, that are made of silicon dioxide and composed of two valves, which fit together with the help of a set of girdle bands. Most are photosynthesizers and they are important members of the marine plankton. There are about 10,000 known species.

Resources in This Category

• Cohn Lab Center For Diatom Research

  http://condor.depaul.edu/diatom/
  Dedicated to expanding research and general knowledge of diatoms, includes basic introductions about diatoms, and information about the laboratory and the research undertaken.

• Diatom Display

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/micropolitan/marine/diatom/index.html
  Small photograph gallery of these organisms.

• Diatomées des Eaux Douces

  http://www.diatomloir.eu/Diatodouces/Index.html
  Photographs and descriptions of fresh water diatoms and fossil diatoms. French and English.

• Diatoms

  http://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/diatom.html
  Information on these ubiquitous organisms including their fossil record, classification, biology and life cycle with a number of images of individual species.

• Diatoms

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/diadr.html
  Article by Wim van Egmond introducing these delicate unicellular organisms that have yellow-brown chloroplasts that enables them to photosynthesize, with fine photographs.

• Diatoms

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/ramsby_jord/
  Student project including classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interactions with other species.

• Diatoms in a Different Light

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artsep00/roldiatdf5.html
  Article by Roland Mortimer on these organisms, with a small image gallery of different freshwater species.

• Great Lakes Diatoms

  http://www.umich.edu/~phytolab/GreatLakesDiatomHomePage/top.html
  Collection of images, classified by morphology and by genus.

• Introduction to Bacillariophyta (the Diatoms)

  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/chromista/bacillariophyta.html
  Information about the fossil record, life history and ecology, systematics, and morphology.

• Major Groups of Diatom

  http://www.umich.edu/~phytolab/GreatLakesDiatomHomePage/groups/majorgroups.html
  Provides a facility for identifying diatoms based on their major morphological characteristics.

• The Diatoms of Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge

  http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artoct06/dr-diatoms2.html
  Photographic study by David B. Richman of the diatoms living in lakes in this high-gypsum environment.

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