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energy production and are impacting on nanotechnology and photonics. They are important ecological and paleoclimate indicators. Some of them are extremophiles, living at high temperatures or in ice, at extremes of pH, at high or low light levels, and surviving desiccation. There are about 100,000 species and as many papers written about them since their discovery over three hundred years ago. The literature on diatoms is currently doubling every ten years, with 50,000 papers during the last decade (2006-2016). In this context, it is timely to review the progress to date, highlight cutting-edge discoveries, and discuss exciting future perspectives. To fulfill this objective, this new Diatom Series is being launched under the leadership of two experts in diatoms and related disciplines. The aim is to provide a comprehensive and reliable source of information on diatom biology and applications and enhance interdisciplinary collaborations required to advance knowledge and applications of diatoms.

      Publishers at Scrivener Martin Scrivener ([email protected]) Phillip Carmical ([email protected])

      Diatom Microscopy

      Edited by

       Nirmal Mazumder

       Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka, India

      and

       Richard Gordon

       Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, Panacea, FL., USA and C.S. MottCenter for Human Growth & Development, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology,Wayne State University, Detroit MI., USA

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      Preface

      Diatoms are photosynthetic, unicellular algae and estimated to have more than 20,000 to 2 million species. They are abundantly found in marine and freshwater ecosystems with their cell walls made of silica. This book on Diatom Microscopy provides an introduction to the wide panoply of microscopy methods being used to investigate diatom structure and biology, marking considerable advances in recent technology including wide-field, fluorescence, confocal, super-resolution optical microscopy, electron microscopy, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and spectroscopy as applied to diatoms. Each chapter includes a tutorial on a microscopy technique and reviews its applications in diatom research. It will be of great value to both students and researchers working in the field of development of biosensors and biomedical devices using diatoms. The number of diatomists, diatom research and their publications are increasing rapidly. Although a number of books have dealt with various aspects of diatom biotechnology, nanotechnology and morphology, to our knowledge, no volume exists that summarizes advanced microscopic approaches to diatoms.

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