三角褐指藻

sānjiǎohèzhǐzǎo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Phaeodactylum tricornutum
  2. 2 three-horned diatom (model organism)

Examples

Sānjiǎohèzhǐzǎo shì hǎiyáng shēngwù xué zhōng zuì zhòngyào de móshì shēngwù zhīyī.
Phaeodactylum tricornutum is one of the most important model organisms in marine biology.
Yánjiū rényuán lìyòng sānjiǎohèzhǐzǎo shēngchǎn gāojià zhí zhīfángsuān.
Researchers use Phaeodactylum tricornutum to produce high-value fatty acids.

Tips

culture
Genome published in 2008 (Nature), making Phaeodactylum the second diatom and first pennate diatom with a sequenced genome. It's uniquely pleomorphic — same cells can be fusiform, triradiate or oval, which is where 三角 'triangular' comes from.

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