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Brief communication - Phaeodactylum tricornutum is a bona fide calcifying diatom

  • G. Blundell-Hunter1
  • L. Paoli
  • O. Marsden
  • E. Kazamia
  • P. Mozzanega
  • A. Diaz-Ramos
  • N. Baiden
  • E. McGibbon
  • E. Kumari
  • R. Samuels
  • J. Collard
  • J. Waite
1 more authors
  • I. Hu
  1. 1Phycobloom Ltd
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Abstract

Phaeodactylum tricornutum is an unusual member of the clade of diatoms, eukaryotic marine brown algae that possess a distinct cell wall made of silica. Phaeodactylum is a rare exception in diatom biology in that it does not require silica throughout its whole life cycle. Here, we demonstrate that Phaeodactylum has a calcifying activity, which is highly unusual in unicellular eukaryotes.

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@misc{blundellhunter2026brief,
  title = {{Brief communication - Phaeodactylum tricornutum is a bona fide calcifying diatom}},
  author = {G. Blundell-Hunter and L. Paoli and O. Marsden and E. Kazamia and P. Mozzanega and A. Diaz-Ramos and N. Baiden and E. McGibbon and E. Kumari and R. Samuels and J. Collard and J. Waite and I. Hu},
  howpublished = {bioRxiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.64898/2026.10.12.758572},
  url = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.12.758572v1},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - UNPB
TI  - Brief communication - Phaeodactylum tricornutum is a bona fide calcifying diatom
AU  - G. Blundell-Hunter
AU  - L. Paoli
AU  - O. Marsden
AU  - E. Kazamia
AU  - P. Mozzanega
AU  - A. Diaz-Ramos
AU  - N. Baiden
AU  - E. McGibbon
AU  - E. Kumari
AU  - R. Samuels
AU  - J. Collard
AU  - J. Waite
AU  - I. Hu
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/12
PB  - bioRxiv
DO  - 10.64898/2026.10.12.758572
UR  - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.12.758572v1
AB  - Phaeodactylum tricornutum is an unusual member of the clade of diatoms, eukaryotic marine brown algae that possess a distinct cell wall made of silica. Phaeodactylum is a rare exception in diatom biology in that it does not require silica throughout its whole life cycle. Here, we demonstrate that Phaeodactylum has a calcifying activity, which is highly unusual in unicellular eukaryotes.
ER  -