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. 2012 Aug 30;7(8):e44458. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044458

Table 1. Characteristics of the 11 diatom species: taxonomy, references, and ecological guild.

Order Species Codea TCCb Ecological guildc
Naviculales Craticula accomoda, (Hustedt) D.G. Mann CRAC 107 Motile
Eolimna minima, (Grunow) Lange-Bertalot EOMI 524 Motile
Mayamaea fossalis, (Krasske) Lange-Bertalot MAFO 366 Motile
Cymbellales Encyonema silesiacum, (Bleisch) D.G. Mann ESLE 678 Low profile
Gomphonema parvulum, (Kützing) Kützing GPAR 653 High profile
Fragilariales Fragilaria capucina var. vaucheriae, (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot FCVA 752 High profile
Fragilaria ulna, (Nitzsch) Lange-Bertalot FULN 365 High profile
Fragilaria rumpens (Kützing) G.W.F. Carlson FRUM 666 High profile
Bacillariales Nitzschia palea, (Kützing) W. Smith NPAL 139–2 Motile
Achnantes Achnanthidium minutissimum, (Kützing) Czarnecki ADMI 746 Low profile
Thalassiosirales Cyclotella meneghiniana, Kützing CMEN 755 Low profile
a

Species code in the OMNIDIA database [48]. bStrain reference in the INRA Thonon Culture Collection. cEcological guild from Passy [42] and refined by Berthon [46].