The benefits of the complex microscopic and industrially important group of microalgae such as diatoms is not hidden and have lately surprised the scientific community with their industrial potential. The ability to survive in harsh conditions and the presence of different pore structures and defined cell walls have made diatoms ideal cell machinery to produce a variety of industrial products. The prospect of using a diatom cell for industrial application has increased significantly in synch with the advances in microscopy, metabarcoding, analytical and genetic tools. Furthermore, it is well noted that the approach of industry and academia to the use of genetic tools has changed significantly, resulting in a well-defined characterization of various molecular components of diatoms. It is possible to conduct the primary culturing, harvesting, and further downstream processing of diatom culture in a cost-effective manner. Diatoms hold all the qualities to become the alternative raw material for pharmaceutical, nanotechnology, and energy sources leading to a sustainable economy. In this review, an attempt has been made to gather important progress in the different industrial applications of diatoms such as biotechnology, biomedical, nanotechnology, and environmental technologies.

诸如硅藻这样的复杂的具有微观意义且在工业上具有重要意义的微藻类的益处并未被隐藏，并且近来使科学界惊讶于其工业潜力。在恶劣条件下生存的能力以及存在不同的孔结构和限定的细胞壁使硅藻成为生产多种工业产品的理想细胞机械。与显微镜，元条形码，分析和遗传工具的发展同步，将硅藻细胞用于工业应用的前景已大大增加。此外，众所周知的是，工业界和学术界使用遗传工具的方法已经发生了显着变化，从而导致了对硅藻各种分子成分的明确定义。可以进行初次培养，收获，并以经济有效的方式对硅藻培养物进行进一步的下游处理。硅藻具有各种特性，可以成为制药，纳米技术和能源的替代原材料，从而带来可持续的经济。在这篇综述中，人们试图在硅藻的不同工业应用中取得重要进展，例如生物技术，生物医学，纳米技术和环境技术。