三角褐指藻

sānjiǎohèzhǐzǎo

noun

Meanings

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

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Examples

三角褐指藻是海洋生物学中最重要的模式生物之一。

Sānjiǎohèzhǐzǎo shì hǎiyáng shēngwùxué zhōng zuì zhòngyào de móshì shēngwù zhī yī.

Phaeodactylum tricornutum is one of the most important model organisms in marine biology.

研究人员利用三角褐指藻生产高价值脂肪酸。

Yánjiū rényuán lìyòng sānjiǎohèzhǐzǎo shēngchǎn gāo jiàzhí 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.

Stroke Order

三 sān

角 jiǎo

褐 hè

指 zhǐ

藻 zǎo