ArticleNature communications2016
Selective silicate-directed motility in diatoms.
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- Recent Advances in Understanding the Sex Pheromone-Mediated Communication of Diatoms.ChemPlusChem · 2025Review
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- A Reduction of Transcriptional Regulation in Aquatic Oligotrophic Microorganisms Enhances Fitness in Nutrient-Poor Environments.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2023Review
- Comparison of Growth and Chemical Profile of DiatomMarine drugs · 2022Article
- Pelagic diatoms communicate through synchronized beacon natural fluorescence signaling.Science advances · 2021Article
- On the fate of sinking diatoms: the transport of active buoyancy-regulating cells in the ocean.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2020Article
- Integration of Algae to Improve Nitrogenous Waste Management in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems: A Review.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020Review
- Alternative Mechanisms for Fast NaCurrent biology : CB · 2019Article
- Selective chemoattraction of the benthic diatom Seminavis robusta to phosphate but not to inorganic nitrogen sources contributes to biofilm structuring.MicrobiologyOpen · 2019Article
- Decision-making of the benthic diatom Seminavis robusta searching for inorganic nutrients and pheromones.The ISME journal · 2019Article
- Accelerated diversification is related to life history and locomotion in a hyperdiverse lineage of microbial eukaryotes (Diatoms, Bacillariophyta).The New phytologist · 2018Article
- Collective electrical oscillations of a diatom population induced by dark stress.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- A model for the effects of germanium on silica biomineralization in choanoflagellates.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2016Article
- Searching for a Mate: Pheromone-Directed Movement of the Benthic Diatom Seminavis robusta.Microbial ecology · 2016Article
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Abstract
Diatoms are highly abundant unicellular algae that often dominate pelagic as well as benthic primary production in the oceans and inland waters. Being strictly dependent on silica to build their biomineralized cell walls, marine diatoms precipitate 240 × 10(12) mol Si per year, which makes them the major sink in the global Si cycle. Dissolved silicic acid (dSi) availability frequently limits diatom productivity and influences species composition of communities. We show that benthic diatoms selectively perceive and behaviourally react to gradients of dSi. Cell speed increases under dSi-limited conditions in a chemokinetic response and, if gradients of this resource are present, increased directionality of cell movement promotes chemotaxis. The ability to exploit local and short-lived dSi hotspots using a specific search behaviour likely contributes to micro-scale patch dynamics in biofilm communities. On a global scale this behaviour might affect sediment-water dSi fluxes and biogeochemical cycling.
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