''Skeletonema marinoi'' is a
diatom
A diatom (Neo-Latin ''diatoma'') is any member of a large group comprising several Genus, genera of algae, specifically microalgae, found in the oceans, waterways and soils of the world. Living diatoms make up a significant portion of Earth's B ...
. 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.
In 2025, a 7,000 year old strain of ''S. marinoi'' was
resurrected from a core of
anoxic
Anoxia means a total depletion in the level of oxygen, an extreme form of hypoxia or "low oxygen". The terms anoxia and hypoxia are used in various contexts:
* Anoxic waters, sea water, fresh water or groundwater that are depleted of dissolved ox ...
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...
sediment, with cells that were as viable as its modern descendants.
See also
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Imidazolium
Imidazole (ImH) is an organic compound with the formula . It is a white or colourless solid that is soluble in water, producing a mildly alkaline solution. It can be classified as a heterocycle, specifically as a diazole.
Many natural products, ...
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Pyridinium
Pyridinium refers to the cation . It is the conjugate acid of pyridine. Many related cations are known involving substituted pyridines, e.g. picolines, lutidines, collidines. They are prepared by treating pyridine with acids.
As pyridine is often ...
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Chlorella vulgaris
''Chlorella vulgaris'' is a species of green microalga in the division Chlorophyta. This unicellular alga was discovered in 1890 by Martinus Beijerinck, Martinus Willem Beijerinck as the first microalga with a well-defined nucleus. It is the typ ...
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External links
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AlgaeBase
Protists described in 2005
Thalassiosirales
Diatom species
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