The Diversity Of Epizoic Diatoms

The adhesion of microalgae to living substrata is well known in marine and freshwater environments (Wahl, 1989; Prieur, 1991; Carman and Dobbs, 1997; Di Camillo et al., 2005; Romagnoli et al., 2007). Therefore, a number of phyla of marine organisms commonly host on their surface a complex community of microorganisms composed of bacteria, fungi, and protists.