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This article belongs to the Special Issue Ecology, Diversity and Evolution of Diatoms.

This research work was funded by the project "Advanced biocomposites for tomorrow’s economy BIOG-NET" financed by the Foundation for Polish Science from the European Regional Development Fund within the Intelligent Development Operational Program 2014–2020.