NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Diatoms are microscopic aquatic plants found in all fresh, brackish, and salt waters on the globe. Diatoms, after the bacteria, are the most common forms of life on earth. They are generally of a golden-brown color, and many are able to move about.

Detailed explanation-2: -Diatoms are single cell eukaryotic microalgae, which are found in every habitat where water is present. Their abundance and wide distribution make them ideal tools for a wide range of applications both, as fossils and living organisms, (Atazadeh and Sharifi 2010).

Detailed explanation-3: -Diatoms are formally classified as belonging to the Division Chrysophyta, Class Bacillariophyceae. The Chrysophyta are algae which form endoplasmic cysts, store oils rather than starch, possess a bipartite cell wall and secrete silica at some stage of their life cycle.

Detailed explanation-4: -Algae are a diverse set of plant-like protists found in aquatic environments, and one type of algae are diatoms, which will be the focus of our lesson. Diatoms are single-celled organisms but can often be found lumped together, and they live in both freshwater and marine water.