Historical views have characterized Antarctica as a frozen desert with low diversity, although
recent studies suggest that this may not be true for microscopic organisms. For microbes …

Diatoms inhabit different aquatic and non-aquatic environments, including soils. The
naviculoid genus Luticola is widespread in various habitats and accounts for 264 species …

Microbial mats are abundant in many alpine and polar aquatic ecosystems. With warmer
temperatures, new hydrologic pathways are developing in these regions and increasing …

Microbial life flourishes in the ponds of the McMurdo Sound Region, which includes the
McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV) and the exposed coastal areas of Ross Island, Antarctica …

Flow pulses mobilize particulate organic matter (POM) in streams from the surrounding
landscape and streambed. This POM serves as a source of energy and nutrients, as well as …

Three new species of Luticola are described from lotic ecosystems in Andakí Municipal
Natural Park, located in the Andean-Amazon region on the eastern flank of the eastern …

Diatom metacommunities are structured by environmental, historical, and spatial factors that
are often attributed to organism dispersal. In the McMurdo Sound region (MSR) of Antarctica …

Nine species of the diatom genus Luticola DG Mann were collected from wet walls and other
subaerial habitats from the Western Ghats of India and analysed using light and scanning …

The genus Luticola is characterized mainly by valves with an internal longitudinal channel
located at the valve face/mantle junction, rounded areolae and an isolated pore (stigma) …

In this study, samples were collected from the Java Sea coasts, from the South China Sea in
Hainan Island coasts and Quảng Yên region and Rú Chá mangrove near Hue in Central …