| Impact ID | 10159 |
| Impact Type | Research |
| Study Type | Observational |
| Study Location | Laboratory |
| Impact Description | Thalassiosira pseudonana is used as a model organism for silica biomineralization because its entire gene sequence has been published. Biomineralizaton is a growing field that is using diatoms to accelerate silica formation and form macromolecular assemblies that might act as structure-directing templates |
| Reference | 46371 |
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