Diatoms are the world's most diverse group of algae, comprising at least 100,000 species.
Contributing~ 20% of annual global carbon fixation, they underpin major aquatic food webs …

The last decade has witnessed outstanding progress in sequencing the genomes of
photosynthetic eukaryotes, from major cereal crops to single celled marine phytoplankton …

Over the last decades Phaeodactylum tricornutum has become a model to study diatom
biology at the molecular level. Cells have the peculiarity to be pleiomorphic and it is thought …

Biosilica is a natural polymer, synthesized by the poriferan enzyme silicatein from
monomeric silicate substrates. Biosilica stimulates mineralizing activity and gene expression …

The unusual cell cycles of Apicomplexa parasites are remarkably flexible with the ability to
complete cytokinesis and karyokinesis coordinately or postpone cytokinesis for several …

Diatoms are a species‐rich group of photosynthetic eukaryotes, with enormous ecological
significance and great potential for biotechnology. During the last decade, diatoms have …

The centrosome is the main organizer of the microtubule cytoskeleton in animals, higher
fungi and several other eukaryotic lineages. Centrosomes are usually located at the centre …

Accounting for almost one-fifth of the primary production on Earth, the unicellular eukaryotic
group of diatoms plays a key ecological and biogeochemical role in our contemporary …

A monophyletic group of dinoflagellates, called 'dinotoms', are known to possess
evolutionarily intermediate plastids derived from diatoms. The diatoms maintain their nuclei …

The marine pennate diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum has become a model for diatom
biology, due to its ease of culture and accessibility to reverse genetics approaches. While …