Bacillariaceae

Bacillariaceae is a family of diatoms in the phylum Heterokontophyta.^[1] Some of the genus members such as Nitzchia are found in halophilic environments; for example, some halophile species of Nitzchia are found in the seasonally flooded Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.^[2]

Genera

This family includes some species^[3]:

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

See also

• Extremophile

References

• C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham</ref>
• ITIS (2008) [1]

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