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Alge. Je to sluzasta obloga rečnega
dna? Je poletno »cvetenje« jezera ali
morja? So alge hrana in celo gorivo
prihodnosti?
Vse to so alge — in še mnogo več.
Kar 40 % kisika, ki ga pravkar
vdihavate, pridelajo mikroskopsko
drobne alge — diatomeje. Da bi
opozorili na njihov neprecenljiv
pomen za življenje na planetu, smo
z elektronskim mikroskopom ta
čudesa narave močno povečali:
enocelična alga, velika le 20 milijonink
metra, zdaj meri cel meter!
Algae. Is this slimy lining of a
river-bed? Is it summer “blossoming”
of a lake or sea? Do we think of
algae as food or even bio–fuel of the
future?
All these are algae– and many
more. About 40% of the oxygen you
are breathing this very moment is
produced by tiny algae — diatoms.
To point out their invaluable significance
for the life on planet Earth we
used electron microscope to magnify
these wonders of nature: unicellular
alga of only 20 microns is measuring
the whole meter now!
10µm
Razne Diatomeje, detajl / Detail of various Diatoms
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