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Bacillariaceae

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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Scientific name
  
Bacillariaceae

Rank
  
Family

Superphylum
  
Heterokonta

Higher classification
  
Bacillariales

Order
  
Bacillariales

Lower classifications
  
Nitzschia, Pseudo‑nitzschia, Cylindrotheca

Bacillariaceae is a family of diatoms in the phylum Heterokontophyta, the only family in the order Bacillariales. Some species of genera such as Nitzchia are found in halophilic environments; for example, in the seasonally flooded Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.

Genera

This family includes the following genera:

  • Bacillaria Gmelin
  • Cylindrotheca Rabenh.
  • Cymbellonitzschia Hustedt in Schmidt et al.
  • Denticula Kütz.
  • Denticulopsis R. Simonsen and T. Kanaya, 1961
  • Fragilariopsis Hustedt in A. Schmidt
  • Hantzschia Grunow
  • Neodenticula Akiba and Yanagisawa
  • Nitzschia Hass.
  • Pseudo-nitzschia H. Perag. in H. Perag. and Perag.
  • Tryblionella W. Sm.

    • References

    Bacillariaceae Wikipedia
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