The 18S ribosomal DNA molecular phylogeny and lipid composition of over 120 marine diatoms showed that the capability to biosynthesize highly branched isoprenoid (HBI) alkenes is restricted to two specific phylogenetic clusters, which independently evolved in centric and pennate diatoms. The molecular record of C25 HBI chemical fossils in a large suite of well-dated marine sediments and petroleum revealed that the older cluster, composed of rhizosolenid diatoms, evolved 91.5 ± 1.5 million years ago (Upper Turonian), enabling an accurate dating of the pace of diatom evolution that is unprecedented. The rapid rise of the rhizosolenid diatoms probably resulted from a major reorganization of the nutrient budget in the mid-Cretaceous oceans, tri...
Diatoms are photosynthetic secondary endosymbionts found throughout marine and freshwater environmen...
A North Atlantic strain of the marine diatom Rhizosolenia setigera was examined for the presence of ...
Diatoms are photosynthetic secondary endosymbionts found throughout marine and freshwater environmen...
Molecular sequence analyses have yielded many important insights into diatom evolution, but there ha...
Diatoms are one of the major groups of algae which originated relatively recently and evolved in the...
Diatoms are one of the major groups of algae which originated relatively recently and evolved in the...
In modern oceans, eukaryotic phytoplankton is dominated by lineages with red algal-derived plastids ...
Molecular clocks estimate that diatom microalgae, one of Earth’s foremost primary producers, origina...
The community structure and ecological function of contemporary marine ecosystems are critically dep...
The community structure and ecological function of contemporary marine ecosystems are critically dep...
In modern oceans, eukaryotic phytoplankton is dominated by lineages with red algal-derived plastids ...
Marine diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) are siliceous, single celled eukaryotes, important primary produc...
The 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) isolated from sulfidic Holocene sediments and particulate organic matte...
Diatoms are photosynthetic secondary endosymbionts found throughout marine and freshwater environmen...
The average cell size of marine phytoplankton is critical for the flow of energy and nutrients from ...
Diatoms are photosynthetic secondary endosymbionts found throughout marine and freshwater environmen...
A North Atlantic strain of the marine diatom Rhizosolenia setigera was examined for the presence of ...
Diatoms are photosynthetic secondary endosymbionts found throughout marine and freshwater environmen...
Molecular sequence analyses have yielded many important insights into diatom evolution, but there ha...
Diatoms are one of the major groups of algae which originated relatively recently and evolved in the...
Diatoms are one of the major groups of algae which originated relatively recently and evolved in the...
In modern oceans, eukaryotic phytoplankton is dominated by lineages with red algal-derived plastids ...
Molecular clocks estimate that diatom microalgae, one of Earth’s foremost primary producers, origina...
The community structure and ecological function of contemporary marine ecosystems are critically dep...
The community structure and ecological function of contemporary marine ecosystems are critically dep...
In modern oceans, eukaryotic phytoplankton is dominated by lineages with red algal-derived plastids ...
Marine diatoms (Bacillariophyceae) are siliceous, single celled eukaryotes, important primary produc...
The 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) isolated from sulfidic Holocene sediments and particulate organic matte...
Diatoms are photosynthetic secondary endosymbionts found throughout marine and freshwater environmen...
The average cell size of marine phytoplankton is critical for the flow of energy and nutrients from ...
Diatoms are photosynthetic secondary endosymbionts found throughout marine and freshwater environmen...
A North Atlantic strain of the marine diatom Rhizosolenia setigera was examined for the presence of ...
Diatoms are photosynthetic secondary endosymbionts found throughout marine and freshwater environmen...