Images from "Ecologists, material scientists pursue genetics of diatom's elegant, etched casing"
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|  | | University of Washington | | Another species of diatom,Coscinodiscus, has been stained to reveal freshly precipitated silica and its nano-patterned cell wall. The red dots are chloroplasts where photosynthesis occurs. At up to 0.5 mm in diameter, Coscinodiscus are among the largest diatoms. |
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