SOLUBLE SILICON. “While silica deposition and cell division can occur close to maximal rates at silicon concentrations that are limiting for silicon uptake, diatoms can accumulate soluble silicon between 20 and 400 mmol L(-1), exceeding the solubility for silicon and in some cases enough to synthesize an entire frustule without further silicon input.”
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022