Coscinodiscus diatom, light microscopy footage. Diatoms are single-celled algae that form an important part of the plankton at the base of the marine and freshwater food chains. Each diatom's siliceous cell wall is divided into two halves, one of which fits within the edges of the other like a box with a lid. Here, a large number of plastids are visible beneath the hexagonal areolae of the valve. Filmed in a sample of water from the Algarve, Portugal. | |
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