A scientific study at the College of Science at the University of Basrah, prepared by Dr. Maytham Abdullah Ghali in partnership with researcher Rehab Nasser Younes, Dr. Adel Al-Handal and Dr. Angela Wolf from the Swedish University of Gothenburg, examined the registration of a new type of diatomaceous algae globally in Al-Faw in southern Iraq.
The study, which was published in the journal "Phytotaxa", classified within Scopus containers Q3 showed that the new species was called "Fallacia fawensis" which are considered small diatoms.
The study included the collection of sediment samples from the western side of the Shatt al-Arab in Al-Faw region during the summer of 2020.
It is worth mentioning that modern sources were adopted for classification and advanced optical and electron microscopy imaging were used.
The results of the study found a new type of small-sized diatoms that grows on the muddy sediments in the Shatt al-Arab, and this type was found to grow attached to the muddy sediments of brackish water.
