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A stylized microscopic view depicts a single diatom, an elongated naviculoid microalga with a bilaterally symmetrical frustule showing two valves and a central raphe. In biological hierarchy, it is a unicellular eukaryotic cell within phytoplankton communities of marine or freshwater ecosystems. The silica-based wall is composed of SiO2 (silicon dioxide), characteristic of Bacillariophyta, studied in microbiology and phycology. Functionally, diatoms perform oxygenic photosynthesis and contribute to primary production and biogeochemical silica cycling. The illustration represents a cell-level organism, not tied to a specific species.
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