Mysterious formative beauty that spreads through the microscopic world
Diatoms, a type of microalgae, are widely distributed from freshwater to seawater, and there are said to be about 100,000 species living around the world. It has a glassy body, and its geometric shape varies depending on the type, and if you look at the details, you can see delicate decorations such as regularly arranged holes and protrusions.
Diatoms are common creatures that can be found anywhere, and they are abundant in abundance.In fact, they play an important role in producing one-fifth of the earth's oxygen through photosynthesis, but they are often overlooked because of their small size. However, once you observe it under a microscope, the astonishing microscopic world unfolds, and its beautiful yet mysterious appearance is sure to take your breath away.
An unprecedented visual book that approaches the unknown world of "subtlety" and "beauty" of mysterious microscopic organisms.
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Fascinating micro-beauty of nature
Diatoms are microscopic algae widely distributed in marine and freshwater environment, with an estimated species number of about 100,000. Their cell wall is made of silica, with various species-specific, almost geometrical shapes, and close-ups show their fabulous decoration with finely sculptured ornaments and regularly arranged pores and projections.
Diatoms are everywhere around us and easily ignored, even though they give us the oxygen in every fifth breath we take, but once you look at them under a microscope, an extraordinary and mysterious world is revealed – one whose beauty will undoubtfully make you hold your breath.
This is a unique photobook revealing the amazing micro-world of diatoms as never before.
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〈Table of Contents〉
Introduction Preface
Introduction: About diatoms
Introduction to diatoms
01 What are diatoms? Where are diatoms found?
02 Ecology Life form
03 Frustule structure
04 Microscopy
05 Cell division
06 Life cycle and sexual reproduction
07 Finding partners
08 Scientific name
Chapter 1: Shape - Diversity of putamen and shells
Part I: Shape - Diversity of frustules and valves
Chapter 2 Patterns - Enlarging the crest
Part II: Pattern ― Detail within detail
Chapter 3 Bonds - Mechanisms that connect cells
Part III: Connection - How to be together?
Chapter 4 Protrusions - Complex and mysterious parts
Part IV: Processes - Mysterious structures
Columns
01 Learn to create shapes from diatoms Biomimetics: lessons from nature
02 Foes
03 Blooms
04 Diatomite
05 New species
06 Living cells: chloroplast
07 Living cells: pyrenoid
08 Living cells: nucleus Living cells: nucleus
09 Applications of diatoms
10 Roles in the global ecosystem
11 Motility
12 How to make cell walls Morphogenesis
13 Memory loss by diatom toxin
14 Forming colonies
15 Attaching to seaweed
Conclusion Epilogue
Appendix Appendix
Acknowledgments
Author biographies
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