Diatom Shorts

Description: The diatom Thalassiosira in grayscale drawn from scanning electron microscope images.

Description: Diatom from the genus Ditylum, drawn from SEM images collected from diatoms in San Francisco Bay.

Description: The diatom Epithemia (Rhopalodia) gibberula from a sample collected in New Mexico.

Description: Share the joy and beauty of diatoms with this design.

Description: My daughter helped to colorize this SEM image of a Surirella (diatom) from a river in northeastern Ohio.

Description: This pretty diatom mandala shows several different types of diatoms, which are ocean phytoplankton, a type of algae with shells made of what is essentially glass! Great gift for oceanographers, marine biologists, or microbiologists. For anyone who enjoys the pretty side of science.