Bacillariaceae

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Bacillariaceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Chromalveolata
Phylum: Heterokontophyta
Class: Bacillariophyceae
Order: Bacillariales
Family: 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 the following genera:[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
  • Hantzschia Grunow
  • Neodenticula Akiba and Yanagisawa
  • Nitzschia Hass.
  • Pseudo-nitzschia H. Perag. in H. Perag. and Perag.
  • Tryblionella W. Sm.

See also

Notes

  1. ITIS, 2008
  2. C. Michael Hogan, 2008
  3. "ITIS report:Bacillariaceae Ehrenb.". 

References


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