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‘The only way we can really figure out what a gene is doing is by comparing it with known genes in other organisms, but because diatoms are so unique in their use of silicon, we don't have that option.
Diatoms, microalgae that are found in all aquatic and moist environments, first appeared more than 180 million years ago.
‘Already, multiple little insights are encouraging us to think differently about how diatoms perceive their environment and survive in it.
Diatoms are responsible for between 25% and 40% of all the primary productivity of the oceans, she says.
The proteins that diatoms use to direct silica deposition could be very useful to the semiconductor industry, says Sussman.