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The Diversity Of Epizoic Diatoms

Relationships Between Diatoms and Marine Invertebrates

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The adhesion of microalgae to living substrata is well known in marine and freshwater environments (Wahl, 1989; Prieur, 1991; Carman and Dobbs, 1997; Di Camillo et al., 2005; Romagnoli et al., 2007). Therefore, a number of phyla of marine organisms commonly host on their surface a complex community of microorganisms composed of bacteria, fungi, and protists.

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Totti, C., Romagnoli, T., De Stefano, M., Camillo, D.C.G., Bavestrello, G. (2010). The Diversity Of Epizoic Diatoms. In: Dubinsky, Z., Seckbach, J. (eds) All Flesh Is Grass. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 16. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9316-5_15

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