三角褐指藻

sānjiǎohèzhǐzǎo

noun

Meanings

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

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Examples

HSK 7-9

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 shēngwù xué zhōng zuì zhòngyào de móshì shēngwù zhīyī.

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

HSK 7-9

研究人员利用三角褐指藻生产高价值脂肪酸。

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.

Stroke Order

三 sān

角 jiǎo

褐 hè

指 zhǐ

藻 zǎo