Ultrastructure of diatom <Emphasis Type="Italic">Synedra acus</Emphasis> subsp. <Emphasis Type="Italic">radians</Emphasis> as revealed by transmission electron microscopy after mild silica dissolution |
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Authors: | E D Bedoshvili Y V Likhoshway M A Grachev |
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Institution: | (1) Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Ulan-Batorskaya 3, Irkutsk, 664033, Russia |
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Abstract: | A diatom Synedra acus subsp. radians (Kotz.) Skabitsch. has been studied by transmission electron microscopy. Examination of ultrathin sections demonstrated that silica dissolution in ammonium fluoride pH 5 under mild conditions leaves the key ultrastructural elements intact. The ultrastructure and arrangement of the cell organelles was studied during ontogeny. Silicalemma-surrounded silica deposition vesicles (SDVs) with maturating daughter valves and forming girdle bands have been identified. This method of SDV visualization offers considerable advantages over the standard approach without silica dissolution. |
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