2006-12-19 21:38:26 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
no but thier spores have
2006-12-19 21:44:55 · answer #1 · answered by ISAEINS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know, but lets keep in mind there is a hue difference between living diatoms, which I think the quesiton is about, and Diatomaceous earth which is the fossilized diatoms. wood for example is cellulose, but a fossilzed tree contains no callulose. I do know they look wicked cool under a microscope. do an image search.
2006-12-20 20:36:17 · answer #2 · answered by Ted H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're silica. Cellulose is in plant cell walls.
Sometimes, people suggest diatomaceous earth as a way to get rid of fleas. The fleas eat the diatoms or breathe them in or something and it...chokes them? Tears up their bodies when they walk over them? I'm not sure.
I've heard that it does work, it doesn't...I've never tried it.
2006-12-20 11:07:16 · answer #3 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes diatoms have cellulose in their cell wall.they belong to the algae.the only organism with cell wall and without cellulose is Bacteria.All the other organisms with cell wall possess cellulose.
2006-12-19 22:46:16 · answer #4 · answered by Shivu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Cellulose is an indigestible carbhydrate produced by plants.
Diatomaceous earth is made up of the crushed fossils of ancient, microscopic sea algae and is made mostly of silicon.
2006-12-20 05:22:28 · answer #5 · answered by Lioness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
diatom's cell wall form 2 thin overlappping shells (like in soap box), their walls r embedded with silica, hence they r undestructable...4 more info, click the foll. link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatom
2006-12-19 22:24:51 · answer #6 · answered by namesake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flagella chromatin
2016-03-13 08:50:32 · answer #7 · answered by Karin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it is made up of silica
2006-12-19 22:18:13 · answer #8 · answered by sidd the devil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes they have
2006-12-20 02:53:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋