Read the following statements and identify the organism we are referring to:
(a) Cell walls form two thin overlapping shells.
(b) The walls are embedded with silica and thus the walls are indestructible.
(c) Chief ‘producers’ in the oceans
In diatoms the cell walls form two thin overlapping shells, which fit together as in a soap box. The walls are embedded with silica and thus the walls are indestructible. Diatoms are the chief ‘producers’ in the oceans.