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Diatom Silicification

Diatom Silicification is the biomineralization process by which diatoms actively uptake silicic acid from marine environments and enzymatically polymerize it into amorphous silica to form their species-specific frustules.

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32.1K

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1.1K

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475

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2017–2026

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Publications

385

The Genome of the Diatom <i>Thalassiosira Pseudonana</i> : Ecology, Evolution, and Metabolism

E. Virginia Armbrust, John A. Berges, Chris Bowler et al. · Science · 2004 · 2K citations · Full text

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Polycationic Peptides from Diatom Biosilica That Direct Silica Nanosphere Formation

Nils Kröger, Rainer Deutzmann, Manfred Sumper · Science · 1999 · 1.4K citations

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SILICON METABOLISM IN DIATOMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR GROWTH

Véronique Martin‐Jézéquel, Mark Hildebrand, Mark A. Brzezinski · Journal of Phycology · 2000 · 921 citations

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Species-specific polyamines from diatoms control silica morphology

Nils Kröger, Rainer Deutzmann, Christian Bergsdorf et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2000 · 687 citations · Full text

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Accelerated dissolution of diatom silica by marine bacterial assemblages

Kay D. Bidle, Farooq Azam · Nature · 1999 · 536 citations

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Authors

1.1K

  1. BE
    B. E. Volcani

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    22 publications · 1.4K citations

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  2. MA
    Mark A. Brzezinski

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    18 publications · 4.3K citations

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  3. MS
    Manfred Sumper

    University of Regensburg, Germany

    16 publications · 4.8K citations

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  4. NK
    Nils Kröger

    Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

    14 publications · 5.3K citations

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  5. MH
    Mark Hildebrand

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    13 publications · 3.9K citations

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Institutions

475

  1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    34 h-index

    114 publications

    19.7K citations

  2. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    33 h-index

    100 publications

    19.5K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    20 h-index

    78 publications

    8K citations

  4. University of Regensburg

    Regensburg, Germany

    17 h-index

    49 publications

    14.1K citations

  5. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    17 h-index

    40 publications

    9.4K citations

  6. Technische Universität Dresden

    Dresden, Germany

    13 h-index

    60 publications

    2.9K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    13 h-index

    83 publications

    95.4K citations

  8. Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer

    Plouzané, France

    13 h-index

    33 publications

    2.7K citations

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Venues

  1. Limnology and Oceanography

    22 publications · 1.8K citations

    20

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  2. Journal of Phycology

    26 publications · 2.7K citations

    19

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  3. Marine Biology

    10 publications · 1.8K citations

    10

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  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 8 publications · 1.7K citations

    8

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  5. Archives of Microbiology

    7 publications · 404 citations

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