Skeletonema marinoi

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Skeletonema marinoi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Clade: Diatomeae
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Thalassiosirales
Family: Skeletonemataceae
Genus: Skeletonema
Species:
S. marinoi
Binomial name
Skeletonema marinoi
Sarno & Zingone, 2005

Skeletonema marinoi is a diatom. Together with S. dohrnii , this species has flattened extremities of the processes of the fultoportulae, which interlock with those of succeeding valves without forming knuckles. [1]

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In 2025, a 7,000 year old strain of S. marinoi was resurrected from a core of anoxic Baltic Sea sediment, with cells that were as viable as its modern descendants. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Sarno, Diana; Kooistra, Wiebe H. C. F.; Medlin, Linda K.; Percopo, Isabella; Zingone, Adriana (2005). "Diversity in the Genusskeletonema(Bacillariophyceae). Ii. An Assessment of the Taxonomy Ofs. Costatum-Like Species with the Description of Four New Species" (PDF). Journal of Phycology. 41 (1): 151–176. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2005.04067.x. ISSN   0022-3646. S2CID   53679188.
  2. Bolius, Sarah; Schmidt, Alexandra; Kaiser, Jérôme; Arz, Helge W.; et al. (January 2025). "Resurrection of a diatom after 7000 years from anoxic Baltic Sea sediment". The ISME Journal. 19 (1). doi:10.1093/ismejo/wrae252. PMC   11742256 .
  3. Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde (28 March 2025). "After 7,000 years without light and oxygen in Baltic Sea mud, researchers bring prehistoric algae back to life". phys.org. Retrieved 29 March 2025.

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