{
  "name": "Diatom size records and Zoom ladder reference bands",
  "desc": "Diatom sizes across species and the usual range, Haslea silbo lengths and widths in culture, and the reference sizes on this page (tardigrades, human hair, the light-microscope limit, Paramecium caudatum, a water strider leg), one claim per row with its source.",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/microscopic-life/diatoms/",
  "from": [
    "sources listed in data_credit"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
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}