Data from two different culture conditions of Thalassiosira weissflogii diatom and from cleaning procedures for obtaining monodisperse nanostructured biosilica
Danilo Vona,
Laura Urbano,
Maria A. Bonifacio,
Elvira De Giglio,
Stefania Cometa,
Monica Mattioli-Belmonte,
Fabio Palumbo,
Roberta Ragni,
Stefania R. Cicco,
Gianluca M. Farinola
Affiliations
Danilo Vona
Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
Laura Urbano
Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
Maria A. Bonifacio
Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
Elvira De Giglio
Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
Stefania Cometa
Jaber Innovation s.r.l., Via Calcutta, 8, 00100 Roma, Italy
Monica Mattioli-Belmonte
Department of Clinical and Molecular Sciences, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Tronto, 10/a, 60020 Ancona, Italy
Fabio Palumbo
CNR NANOTECH, Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
Roberta Ragni
Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
Stefania R. Cicco
CNR- ICCOM, Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy
Gianluca M. Farinola
Department of Chemistry, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Via E. Orabona, 4, 70126 Bari, Italy; Corresponding author.
Diatoms microalgae produce biosilica nanoporous rigid outershells called frustules that exhibit an intricate nanostructured pore pattern. In this paper two specific Thalassiosira weissflogii culture conditions and size control procedures during the diatoms growth are described. Data from white field and fluorescence microscopy, evaluation of cell densities and cell parameters (k value and R value) according to cell culture conditions are listed. Different cleaning procedures for obtaining bare frustules are described. In addition, FTIR and spectrofluorimetric analyses of cleaned biosilica are shown.The data are related to the research article “Chemically Modified Diatoms Biosilica for Bone Cell Growth with Combined Drug-Delivery and Antioxidant Properties” [1]. Keywords: Biosilica, Diatoms, Cell growth, Biomaterials
