Images not to be used by the tobacco industry. Diatom frustule, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Diatoms are unicellular organisms and a m

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Images not to be used by the tobacco industry. Diatom frustule, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Diatoms are unicellular organisms and a major group of algae. Diatoms are encased within a hard cell wall made from silica known as a frustule. Diatom communities are often used to measure environmental conditions, for example, water quality. Magnification: x600 when printed at 10 cm wide.

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Photo credit: © ANNE WESTON, FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: algae, coloured, diatom, ecological, ecology, environmental, false-coloured, freshwater, frustule, marine, plankton, sem, single-cell, striae, unicellular