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Diatoms
Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
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Any of a group of minute unicellular algae having a siliceous covering of great delicacy, now categorized as class Diatomophyceae or division Bacillariophyta.
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| pennatenoun | (sciences) Having a feather-like shape |
| periphytic | Relating to periphytons |
| phytoplanktonnoun | Plankton, especially those small in size, that obtain energy by photosynthesis. |
| prokaryotesnoun | An organism whose cell (or cells) are characterized by the absence of a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles. |
| zooplanktonnoun | (zoology) Free-floating small protozoa, crustaceans (such as krill), etc. and the eggs and larvae from larger animals. |
| cyanobacterianoun | Cyanobacteria, also called Cyanobacteriota or Cyanophyta, are a phylum of autotrophic gram-negative bacteria that can obtain biological energy via oxygenic photosynthesis. |
| organismsnoun | (biology) A discrete and complete living thing, such as animal, plant, fungus or microorganism. |
| foraminiferanoun | Synonym of foraminifer (“any of a large group of aquatic amoeboid protists of the subphylum Foraminifera, characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm that among other things is used for catching food, often with a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude”). |
| bryozoansnoun | (zoology) A member of the phylum Bryozoa of aquatic, usually colonial invertebrates. |
| planktonnoun | (uncountable) Organisms, especially small and microscopic ones, that drift in water. |
| alganoun | (biology) Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic. |
| amphipodsnoun | Any species of the taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans. |
| dinoflagellatesnoun | Any of many marine protozoa of the phylum Dinoflagellata, which have two flagella. |
| ostracodsnoun | Any of many small crustaceans, of the class Ostracoda, that resemble a shrimp enclosed in a bivalve shell. |
| crinoidsnoun | One of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies. |
| trichodesmiumnoun | Trichodesmium, also called sea sawdust, is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria. |
| microbesnoun | (microbiology) Any microorganism; (loosely, nonscientifically) especially, a harmful bacterium. |
| eukaryotenoun | (cytology) Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus. |
| nitrogen fixationnoun | (biochemistry, organic chemistry) The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia and organic derivatives, by natural means, especially such conversion, by microorganisms in the soil, into a form that can be assimilated by plants. |
| archaeanoun | a domain of organisms. |
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