My studies are focused on the ecology and taxonomy of freshwater, mostly river diatoms. Examination of diatom samples from various parts of the world inspired my interest on biogeography of microbes. I am also interested in systematics and evolutionary history of monoraphid diatoms that are adapted to life in unstable and high-energy environments. I hope that this site will be helpful for those who work with diatoms, but also for anyone who wants to learn more about these fascinating microorganisms.

Species contributed

Achnanthidium alpestre | Achnanthidium atomus | Achnanthidium deflexum | Achnanthidium delmontii | Achnanthidium druartii | Achnanthidium duthiei | Achnanthidium eutrophilum | Achnanthidium gracillimum | Achnanthidium kranzii | Achnanthidium latecephalum | Achnanthidium minutissimum | Achnanthidium pyrenaicum | Achnanthidium reimeri | Achnanthidium rivulare | Achnanthidium subhudsonis var. kraeuselii | Aulacoseira alpigena | Aulacoseira ambigua | Aulacoseira crassipunctata | Aulacoseira granulata | Aulacoseira granulata var. angustissima | Aulacoseira herzogii | Aulacoseira humilis | Aulacoseira italica | Aulacoseira lirata | Aulacoseira muzzanensis | Aulacoseira newjerseyana | Aulacoseira nivalis | Aulacoseira nivaloides | Aulacoseira nygaardii | Aulacoseira pusilla | Aulacoseira subarctica | Aulacoseira tenella | Aulacoseira valida | Biremis circumtexta | Brachysira subtilis | Caloneis fusus | Capartogramma crucicula | Cavinula maculata | Cavinula scutelloides | Chamaepinnularia witkowskii | Cocconeis fluviatilis | Cocconeis pediculus | Cocconeis placentula | Craticula subminuscula | Cymbella affinis | Cymbella excisiformis | Cymbella proxima | Cymbella proxima fo. gravida | Cymbella subturgidula | Cymbella tropica | Cymbella tumida | Cymbella turgidula | Cymbopleura fluminea | Diatoma moniliformis | Diatoma tenuis | Diatoma vulgaris | Discostella lakuskarluki | Encyonema appalachianum | Eucocconeis alpestris | Eucocconeis americana | Eucocconeis flexella | Eucocconeis laevis | Fallacia latelongitudinalis | Geissleria acceptata | Geissleria decussis | Geissleria kriegeri | Geissleria lateropunctata | Geissleria punctifera | Gliwiczia calcar | Gogorevia exilis | Gomphonema amerhombicum | Hippodonta capitata | Hippodonta capitata subsp. iberoamericana | Hippodonta coxiae | Hippodonta gravistriata | Hippodonta hungarica | Iconella guatimalensis | Karayevia amoena | Karayevia clevei | Karayevia laterostrata | Karayevia ploenensis var. gessneri | Karayevia suchlandtii | Lemnicola hungarica | Luticola arctica | Luticola ventricosa | Melosira varians | Navicula angusta | Navicula caterva | Navicula cryptocephala | Navicula eileeniae | Navicula erifuga | Navicula germainii | Navicula geronimensis | Navicula goersii | Navicula gregaria | Navicula hasta | Navicula lanceolata | Navicula libonensis | Navicula longicephala | Navicula ludloviana | Navicula metareichardtiana | Navicula notha | Navicula radiosa | Navicula recens | Navicula rostellata | Navicula slesvicensis | Navicula subrhynchocephala | Navicula subrostellata | Navicula subwalkeri | Navicula tripunctata | Navicula venerablis | Navicula veneta | Navicula vilaplanii | Navicula viridula | Navicula viridulacalcis subsp. neomundana | Navicula volcanica | Navicymbula pusilla | Nupela carolina | Nupela decipiens | Nupela elegantula | Nupela fennica | Nupela frezelii | Nupela impexiformis | Nupela lapidosa | Nupela neglecta | Nupela pennsylvanica | Nupela poconoensis | Nupela scissura | Nupela subrostrata | Nupela vitiosa | Nupela wellneri | Odontidium mesodon | Pinnularia alabamae | Pinnularia bihastata | Pinnularia cardinaliculus | Pinnularia clericii | Pinnularia dariana | Pinnularia decrescens | Pinnularia ectorii | Pinnularia marchica | Pinnularia nobilis var. regularis | Pinnularia pulchella | Pinnularia pulchella var. canadensis | Pinnularia rexlowei | Pinnularia saprophila | Pinnularia socialis | Pinnularia spinifera | Pinnularia torta | Pinnularia transversa | Pinnularia turgidula | Pinnularia undula | Pinnularia undula var. major | Planothidium abbreviatum | Planothidium amphibium | Planothidium apiculatum | Planothidium biporomum | Planothidium delicatulum | Planothidium frequentissimum | Planothidium incuriatum | Planothidium joursacense | Planothidium lanceolatoides | Planothidium lanceolatum | Planothidium potapovae | Planothidium reichardtii | Planothidium rostratoholarcticum | Platessa bahlsii | Platessa conspicua | Platessa hustedtii | Platessa kingstonii | Platessa lutheri | Platessa oblongella | Platessa stewartii | Platessa strelnikovae | Psammothidium acidoclinatum | Psammothidium alpinum | Psammothidium bioretii | Psammothidium chlidanos | Psammothidium daonense | Psammothidium didymum | Psammothidium harveyi | Psammothidium helveticum | Psammothidium lacustre | Psammothidium lauenburgianum | Psammothidium levanderi | Psammothidium microscopicum | Psammothidium nivale | Psammothidium obliquum | Psammothidium pennsylvanicum | Psammothidium scoticum | Psammothidium semiapertum | Psammothidium subatomoides | Reimeria sinuata | Reimeria uniseriata | Rhoicosphenia abbreviata | Rossithidium anastasiae | Rossithidium kriegeri | Rossithidium nodosum | Rossithidium petersenii | Rossithidium pusillum | Sellaphora californica | Sellaphora hohnii | Sellaphora meridionalis | Sellaphora pulchra | Sellaphora rexii | Sellaphora stroemii | Sellaphora subfasciata | Sellaphora wallacei | Skabitschewskia oestrupii | Skabitschewskia peragalloi | Stauroneis stodderi | Stauroneis terryi | Stephanodiscus yellowstonensis | Surirella angusta | Surirella brebissonii | Surirella iowensis | Surirella lacrimula | Synedra mazamaensis | Tryblionella plana var. fennica | Tryblionella scalaris

Species reviewed

Achnanthes coarctata | Achnanthidium crassum | Achnanthidium rosenstockii | Adlafia multnomahii | Brachysira arctoborealis | Brachysira ocalanensis | Brachysira styriaca | Brachysira vitrea | Brachysira zellensis | Cavinula scutiformis | Cocconeis cascadensis | Cocconeis grovei | Cocconeis klamathensis | Cocconeis pseudothumensis | Cocconeis rugosa | Craticula buderi | Cyclotella distinguenda | Cymbella amplificata | Cymbella compacta | Cymbella cymbiformis | Cymbella hantzschiana | Cymbella hustedtii | Cymbella laevis | Cymbella neocistula | Cymbopleura lapponica | Cymbopleura rupicola | Denticula creticola | Didymosphenia geminata | Encyonema leibleinii | Encyonema minutum var. pseudogracilis | Encyonema sibericum | Epithemia alpestris | Eunotia cataractarum | Eunotia exigua | Eunotia incisa | Eunotia microcephala | Eunotia montuosa | Eunotia naegelii | Eunotia nymanniana | Eunotia orthohedra | Eunotia paludosa | Eunotia perpusilla | Eunotia rhomboidea | Eunotia subherkiniensis | Eunotia tenella | Eunotia trinacria | Fallacia hummii | Frickea lewisiana | Frustulia crassinervia | Frustulia krammeri | Frustulia neomundana | Frustulia quadrisinuata | Genkalia digitulus | Gogorevia rostellata | Gomphoneis eriense | Gomphonema acuminatum | Gomphonema apuncto | Gomphonema caperatum | Gomphonema consector | Gomphonema insularum | Gomphonema johnsonii | Gomphonema kobayasii | Gomphonema mehleri | Gomphonema mexicanum | Gomphonema stoermeri | Gomphonema truncatum | Gomphonema turgidum | Gomphonema ventricosum | Gomphosphenia grovei | Gomphosphenia lingulatiformis | Gyrosigma obtusatum | Hippodonta pseudacceptata | Hygropetra balfouriana | Luticola stigma | Mastogloia elliptica | Mastogloia pumila | Navicula cari | Navicula cincta | Navicula cryptocephaloides | Navicula cryptofallax | Navicula duerrenbergiana | Navicula flatheadensis | Navicula galloae | Navicula harmoniae | Navicula hodgeana | Navicula margalithii | Navicula oblonga | Navicula oppugnata | Navicula peregrina | Navicula pseudolanceolata | Navicula rhynchotella | Navicula streckerae | Navicula vaneei | Navicula volcanica | Navicula walkeri | Neidium distinctepunctatum | Neidium fossum | Neidium hercynicum | Nitzschia acidoclinata | Nitzschia exilis | Nitzschia fonticoloides | Nitzschia incognita | Nitzschia innominata | Nitzschia oligotraphenta | Nitzschia perminuta | Nitzschia recta | Nitzschia serpentiraphe | Nitzschia sociabilis | Nitzschia soratensis | Nupela tenuicephala | Pinnularia acrosphaeria | Pinnularia brebissonii | Pinnularia gigas | Pinnularia rhombarea | Pinnularia streptoraphe | Pinnularia suchlandtii | Planothidium sheathii | Psammothidium rossii | Pseudostaurosira microstriata | Pseudostaurosira trainorii | Pulchellophycus schwabei | Rhoicosphenia californica | Rhoicosphenia stoermeri | Sellaphora auldreekie | Sellaphora disjuncta | Sellaphora fusticulus | Sellaphora javanica | Sellaphora laevissima | Sellaphora moesta | Sellaphora schadei | Semiorbis hemicyclus | Stauroneis alabamae | Stauroneis bryocola | Stauroneis conspicua | Stauroneis fluminopsis | Stauroneis kootenai | Stauroneis livingstonii | Stauroneis neohyalina | Stauroneis reichardtii | Stauroneis schroederi | Staurophora tackei | Staurophora wislouchii | Stephanodiscus medius | Surirella cruciata | Surirella undulata | Tryblionella lanceola