diatom

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Pronunciation

IPA /ˈdaɪətəm/

Noun

diatom noun

Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.

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Synonyms

pennate diatomaceous ooze biostratigraphy frustules bacillariophycean bacillariophyte diatomist chaetocerotacean silicoflagellate rhaphoneidacean plagiogrammacean didymo asterionellopsid dasyclad microalga

Associated

chloroplast algal zooplankton cyanobacteria phytoplankton algae vegetative silica eocene cores taxonomy ancestor

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