Tony Chiovitti

Promoting Science in Secondary School Education

Anthony Chiovitti, Jacinta C Duncan, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2017  |  TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Engaging secondary school students with science education is crucial for a society that demands a high level of scientific literac..

CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX OF PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM (BACILLARIOPHYCEAE): STRUCTURE, COMPOSITION, AND ADHESIVE CHARACTERISTICS

Anusuya Willis, Anthony Chiovitti, Tony M Dugdale, Richard Wetherbee

Journal article  |  2013  |  JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

The extracellular matrix of the ovoid and fusiform morphotypes of Phaeodactylum tricornutum (Bohlin) was characterized in detail. ..

MICROMORPHOGENESIS DURING DIATOM WALL FORMATION PRODUCES SILICEOUS NANOSTRUCTURES WITH DIFFERENT PROPERTIES1

Simon A Crawford, Anthony Chiovitti, Jeremy Pickett-Heaps, Richard Wetherbee

Journal article  |  2009  |  JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Micromorphogenesis within the silica deposition vesicle (SDV) of the diatom Pinnularia viridis (Nitzsh) Ehrenb. resulted in distin..

The Phaeodactylum genome reveals the evolutionary history of diatom genomes

Chris Bowler, Andrew E Allen, Jonathan H Badger, Jane Grimwood, Kamel Jabbari, Alan Kuo, Uma Maheswari, Cindy Martens, Florian Maumus, Robert P Otillar, Edda Rayko, Asaf Salamov, Klaas Vandepoele, Bank Beszteri, Ansgar Gruber, Marc Heijde, Michael Katinka, Thomas Mock, Klaus Valentin, Frederic Verret, et al.

Journal article  |  2008  |  NATURE

Diatoms are photosynthetic secondary endosymbionts found throughout marine and freshwater environments, and are believed to be res..

A Model for Carbohydrate Metabolism in the Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Deduced from Comparative Whole Genome Analysis

Peter G Kroth, Anthony Chiovitti, Ansgar Gruber, Veronique Martin-Jezequel, Thomas Mock, Micaela Schnitzler Parker, Michele S Stanley, Aaron Kaplan, Lise Caron, Till Weber, Uma Maheswari, E Virginia Armbrust, Chris Bowler

Journal article  |  2008  |  PLOS ONE

BACKGROUND: Diatoms are unicellular algae responsible for approximately 20% of global carbon fixation. Their evolution by secondar..

Divalent cations stabilize the aggregation of sulfated glycoproteins in the adhesive nanofibers of the biofouling diatom Toxarium undulatum

Anthony Chiovitti, Philip Heraud, Tony M Dugdale, Oliver M Hodson, Roger CA Curtain, Raymond R Dagastine, Bayden R Wood, Richard Wetherbee

Journal article  |  2008  |  SOFT MATTER

A species of marine diatom, Toxarium undulatum, has emerged as a problematic biofouler of contemporary environmentally benign mari..

Kappa-/beta-carrageenans from Australian red algae of the Acrotylaceae (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta)

Anthony Chiovitti, Gerald T Kraft, Antony Bacic, David J Craik, Ming-Long Liao

Journal article  |  2008  |  PHYCOLOGIA

The extracellular polysaccharides of five species of the family Acrotylaceae Schmitz [Acrotylus australis J. Agardh, Amphiplexia h..

Diatom Adhesives: Molecular and Mechanical Properties

Anthony Chiovitti, Tony M Dugdale, Richard Wetherbee

Book Chapter  |  2006

1,3-β-d-glucans from Haramonas dimorpha (Raphidophyceae)

Anthony Chiovitti, Jeremy E Ngoh, Richard Wetherbee

Journal article  |  2006  |  Botanica Marina

Variations in the substituted 3-linked mannans closely associated with the silicified walls of diatoms

A Chiovitti, RE Harper, A Willis, A Bacic, P Mulvaney, R Wetherbee

Journal article  |  2005  |  JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

The polysaccharides from cleaned frustules of the diatoms Pinnularia viridis (Nitzsch) Ehrenberg, Craspedostauros australis Cox, T..