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Diatoms
Bioeconomy

The class of diatoms includes a very conspicuous number of golden brown unicellular organisms. The diatoms live mostly singly or attached to one another in chains of cells or in colonial aggregations, in aquatic and terrestrial habitats.

EEA, 2011, Opinion of the EEA Scientific Committee on Greenhouse Gas Accounting to Bioenergy, European Environment Agency, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Source category: Agency Documents

The class of diatoms includes a very conspicuous number of golden brown unicellular organisms. The diatoms live mostly singly or attached to one another in chains of cells or in colonial aggregations, in aquatic and terrestrial habitats.

Richmond, A., 2004, Handbook of Microalgal Culture: Biotechnology and Applied Phycology, Amos Richmond (editor), 588 pp, Wiley-Blackwell

Source category: Scientific & Technical Literature