Reviving 100-year-old resting spores of diatoms

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 16:00 in Earth & Climate

Diatoms account for a large proportion of the phytoplankton found in the water, and live both in the open sea and in freshwater lakes. By reviving 100-year-old spores that had laid buried and inactive in bottom sediment, researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have shown that diatoms are also genetically stable and survival artists.

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