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ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDIES ON DIATOMS
Author(s) -
Desikachary T. V.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
journal of the royal microscopical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2818
pISSN - 0368-3974
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2818.1956.tb00437.x
Subject(s) - electron microscope , diatom , taxonomy (biology) , mucilage , electron micrographs , crystallography , chemistry , biology , materials science , botany , optics , physics
SYNOPSIS A review of the electron microscopy of diatom wall structure is given. The structure of the areolæ and its variations are described. The diatoms are divided into nine groups based on their wall structure. The structures of the mucilage pores, spines and the raphe are described from the electron microscopic studies. As many as 80 genera and nearly 300 species have been investigated by different workers. A full list of these is given and the facts known about them analysed. The writer supports the view that structural details revealed by electron microscopy have a definite place in taxonomy.