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The lecture is introduced with some remarks on the biology of diatoms, a class of ecologically very successful unicellular algae, that contributes about 20–25 % of world biological primary production. Three species of diatoms, used as laboratory organisms in studies on silicate metabolism and life cycles, are introduced with some relevant cytological data: Cyclotella cryptica (5 h generation time, 350 µm2 geometric cell surface area, 22 % SiO2 per dry weight and 12 pg Si x cell−1) Bellerochea yucatanensis (6 h generation time, 3850 µm2 geometric cell surface, 3 % SiO2 per dry weight and 15–30 pg Si x cell−1) and Coscinodiscus asteromphalus (24 h generation time, 33 000 µm2 geometric cell surface, 38 % SiO2 per dry weight and 40 000 pg Si x cell−1).
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Werner, D. (1978). Regulation of Metabolism by Silicate in Diatoms. In: Bendz, G., Lindqvist, I., Runnström-Reio, V. (eds) Biochemistry of Silicon and Related Problems. Nobel Foundation Symposia, vol 40. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4018-8_7
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