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Grade 11Botany

chrysophytes includes diatoms. what is the meaning of diatoms?

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9 Years agoGrade 11
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Chrysophytes is a class of kingdom protista which includes diatoms(a unicellular alga).Diatoms have two overlapped shells embedded with silica.Their cell walls form diatomaceous earth when they die.They are the chief producers of oceans