Diatoms: Fundamentals and Applications. 2019. (Diatoms: Biology and Applications Series). illus. 663 p. Hardcover.

The aim of this new book series (Diatoms: Biology and Applications) is to provide a comprehensive and reliable source of information on diatom biology and applications. The first book of the series, Diatoms Fundamentals & Applications, is wide ranging, starting with the contributions of amateurs and the beauty of diatoms, to details of how their shells are made, how they bend light to their advantage and ours, and major aspects of their biochemistry (photosynthesis and iron metabolism). The book then delves into the ecology of diatoms living in a wide range of habitats, and look at those few that can kill or harm us. The book concludes with a wide range of applications of diatoms, in forensics, manufacturing, medicine, biofuel and agriculture. The contributors are leading international experts on diatoms. This book is for a wide audience researchers, academics, students, and teachers of biology and related disciplines, written to both act as an introduction to diatoms and to present some of the most advanced research on them.

Contents: A Memorial to Frithjof Steerenburg: The Importance of the Amateur diatomist/ Alex Altenbach - In Memoiam of a friend/ The Beauty of Diatoms/ Current Diatom Research in China/ Cellular Mechanisms of Diatom Valve Morphogenesis/ Application of Focused Ion Beam Technique in Taxonomy Oriented Research on Ultrastrucrure of Diatoms/ On Light and Diatoms. A Photonics and Photobiology Review/ Photosynthesis in Diatoms/ Iron in Diatoms/ Diaom Symbioses with other Photoauthotroph/ Diatom Sexual Reproduction and Life Cyclles/ Ecophysiology, Cell Biology and Ultrastructure of a Benthic Diatom Isolated in the Arctic/ Ecology of Freshwater Diatoms - Current Trends and Applications/ Diatoms froma Hot Spring of the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia)/ Biodiversity of High Mountain Lakes in Europe with Special Regards to Rila Mountains (Bulgaria) and Tatra Mountains (Poland)/ Diatoms of the Southern Part of the Russian Far East/ Toxic and Harmful Marine Diatoms/ Diatoms in Forensics: A Molecular Approach to Diatom Testing in Forensic Science/ Diatomite in Use:Nature, Modifications, Commercial Applications and Prospective Trends/ Diatom Silica for Medical Applications/ Diafuel (Diatom Biofuel) vs Electric Vehicles, a Basic Comparison: A High Potential REnewable Energy Source to Make India Energy Independent/ Bubble Farming: Scalable Microcosms for Diaom Fuel and the Next Green Revolution.