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diatom /di·a·tom/ (di´ah-tom) a unicellular microscopic form of alga having a cell wall of silica.
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How it works Diatomaceous earth is mined from the fossilized silica shell remains of unicellular or colonial algae or one-celled pytoplankton in the class Bacillariophyceae, better known as diatoms, that converted the silica they ingested to form their shells.
Diatomaceous earth is tops for pest control by Fagerlund, Richard / Countryside & Small Stock Journal
As classes mais representativas foram Cyanophyceae (28 e 26%), Zygnemaphyceae (21 e 22%) e Bacillariophyceae (19 e 23%) na lagoa Juparaná e no rio Pequeno, respectivamente.
Algas perifiticas em dois ambientes do baixo rio Doce (lagoa Juparana ... by Cavati, Bruna; Oliveira Fernandes, Valéria de / Acta Scientiarum Biological Sciences (UEM)
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Distribution of the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus along a ... by Taniguchi, Kazuya / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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