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Soap box like arrangement of cell wall is found in:

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a

Whirling Whips

b

Organisms responsible for formation of  Keiselguhr

c

Jokers of biological world

d

Slime moulds

answer is B.

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Diatoms have soap box like arrangement of cell wall. The walls are embedded with silica and thus the walls are indestructible. Thus, diatoms have left behind large amount of cell wall deposits in their habitat; this accumulation over billions of years is referred to as ‘diatomaceous earth’ or keiselguhr.

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