The Mystery Diatom

all at once, might take a few moments...


An electron micrograph of the outside


An electron micrograph of the inside


An electron micrograph of an outside feature


An light micrograph of the same thing


An electron micrograph of an inside feature


An electron micrograph of the areolae


An electron micrograph of the wall


Answer at the bottom of the Diatom home page...

P. Roger Sweets
Biology, Dept., Indiana University
sweets@ucs.indiana.edu