Trichome

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Description Assorted diatoms as seen through a microscope. These specimens were living between crystals of annual sea ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Image digitized from original 35mm Ektachrome slide. These tiny phytoplankton are encased within a silicate cell wall.
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Source corp2365, NOAA Corps Collection
Author Prof. Gordon T. Taylor, Stony Brook University
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