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Diatoms Diatoms are one-celled marine and fresh water plants living inside siliceous shells that are constructed like little pill boxes with one half fitting into the other. |
NOTICE OF COPYRIGHT: The micrographs shown here were created by Dee Breger of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University in Palisades, New York USA, using a Cambridge 250 scanning electron microscope (SEM). These images (seen here in low resolution format with superimposed notice of copyright) are protected by copyright laws and may not be used in any form for any reason except by written permission from Breger. |
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Living Antarctic diatom, x200
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Fossil Arctic diatom, x3000 |
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| Living Antarctic diatom, x3500 | Living tropical diatom, x6000 |
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