Summary
Aspects of morphogenesis and morphology of diatom cell walls are reviewed to highlight functional correlations between wall structures and three-dimensional cytoplasmic activities during the cell cycle. Morphogenesis of the siliceous valve within the silica deposition vesicle is discussed in the light of the dependency on a precisely orchestrated moulding machinery, involving the cytoskeleton, mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, spacer vesicles produced by the Golgi apparatus, and the plasmalemma, in combination with adhesion of the cells to parts of the parental wall and localized “plasmolyses”. Sensitivity of morphogenetic events to fluctuations of external factors has implications for taxonomy.
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Abbreviations
- CF:
-
cleavage furrows
- cPL:
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cleavage plasmalemma
- GB:
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girdle bands
- LP:
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labiate process
- LPA:
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labiate process apparatus
- MC:
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microtubule center
- mLP:
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macro labiate process
- MT:
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microtubule
- MTOC:
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microtubules organizing center
- PL:
-
plasmalemma
- SDV:
-
silica deposition vesicle
- SL SDV:
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membrane
- SpV:
-
spacer vesicles
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Dedicated to Professor Peter Sitte on the occasion of his 65th birthday
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Schmid, AM.M. Aspects of morphogenesis and function of diatom cell walls with implications for taxonomy. Protoplasma 181, 43–60 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01666388
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