Diatom Gliding Motility, Manoylov Kalina M., Cohn Stanley A., Gordon Richard

Автор: Seckbach
Название: Diatoms Fundamentals and Applications
ISBN: 1119370213 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781119370215
Издательство: Wiley
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The aim of this new book series (Diatoms: Biology and Applications)is to provide a comprehensive and reliable source of information on diatom biology and applications. The first book of the series, Diatoms Fundamentals & Applications, is wide ranging, starting with the contributions of amateurs and the beauty of diatoms, to details of how their shells are made, how they bend light to their advantage and ours, and major aspects of their biochemistry (photosynthesis and iron metabolism). The book then delves into the ecology of diatoms living in a wide range of habitats, and look at those few that can kill or harm us. The book concludes with a wide range of applications of diatoms, in forensics, manufacturing, medicine, biofuel and agriculture. The contributors are leading international experts on diatoms. This book is for a wide audience researchers, academics, students, and teachers of biology and related disciplines, written to both act as an introduction to diatoms and to present some of the most advanced research on them.

Автор: Vadim V. Annenkov, Richard Gordon, Joseph Sechbach
Название: Diatom Morphogenesis
ISBN: 1119487951 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781119487951
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Описание: DIATOM MORPHOGENESIS

A unique book presenting the range of silica structures formed by diatoms, theories and hypotheses of how they are made, and applications to nanotechnology by use or imitation of diatom morphogenesis.

There are up to 200,000 species of diatoms, each species of these algal cells bearing an ornate, amorphous silica glass shell. The silica is structured at 7 orders of magnitude size range and is thus the most complex multiscalar solid structure known. Recent research is beginning to unravel how a single cell marshals chemical, physical, biochemical, genetic, and cytoskeletal processes to produce these single-cell marvels. The field of diatom nanotechnology is advancing as this understanding matures.

Diatoms have been actively studied over the recent 10-20 years with various modern equipment, experimental and computer simulation approaches, including molecular biology, fluorescence-based methods, electron, confocal, and AFM microscopy. This has resulted in a huge amount of information but the key stages of their silica morphogenesis are still not clear. This is the time to reconsider and consolidate the work performed so far and to understand how we can go ahead.

The main objective of this book is to describe the actual situation in the science of diatom morphogenesis, to specify the most important unresolved questions, and to present the corresponding hypotheses. The following areas are discussed:

• A tutorial chapter, with a glossary for newcomers to the field, who are often from outside of biology, let alone phycology;
• Diatom Morphogenesis: general issues, including symmetry and size issues;
• Diatom Morphogenesis: simulation, including analytical and numerical methods for description of the diatom valve shape and pore structure;
• Diatom Morphogenesis: physiology, biochemistry, and applications, including the relationship between taxonomy and physiology, biosilicification hypotheses, and ideas about applications of diatoms.

Researchers, scientists, and graduate students in the fields of phycology, general biology, marine sciences, the chemistry of silica, materials science, and ecology.

Автор: Herman van Dam
Название: Twelfth International Diatom Symposium
ISBN: 9048143241 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789048143245
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Diatom Symposium, held at Renesse, the Netherlands, August 30--September 5, 1992