Bacillariaceae is a

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diatom A diatom (Neo-Latin ''diatoma''), "a cutting through, a severance", from el, διάτομος, diátomos, "cut in half, divided equally" from el, διατέμνω, diatémno, "to cut in twain". is any member of a large group comprising sev ...

s in the

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Heterokont Heterokonts are a group of protists (formally referred to as Heterokonta, Heterokontae or Heterokontophyta). The group is a major line of eukaryotes. Most are algae, ranging from the giant multicellular kelp to the unicellular diatoms, which ...

ophyta, the only family in the order Bacillariales. Some species of genera such as ''

Nitzchia ''Nitzschia'' is a common pennate marine diatom. In the scientific literature, this genus, named after Christian Ludwig Nitzsch, is sometimes termed ''Nitzchia'', and it has many species described, which all have a similar morphology. Occurrenc ...

'' are found in

halophilic The halophiles, named after the Greek word for "salt-loving", are extremophiles that thrive in high salt concentrations. While most halophiles are classified into the domain Archaea, there are also bacterial halophiles and some eukaryotic species, ...

environments; for example, in the seasonally flooded

Makgadikgadi Pans The Makgadikgadi Pan (Tswana pronunciation ), a salt pan situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana, is one of the largest salt flats in the world. The pan is all that remains of the formerly enormous Lake Makgadikg ...

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Genera

This family includes these genera: *'' Allonitzschia'' (1) *''

Bacillaria ''Bacillaria'' is a diatom genus in the family Bacillariaceae. Species *'' Bacillaria paradoxa'' Gmelin 1788 *'' Bacillaria paxillifer'' ( O.F. Müller) Hendey (1951) Lifecycle This genus is photosynthetic, and reproduces sexually an ...

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(155) *'' Crucidenticula'' (8) *'' Cylindrotheca'' Rabenh. *'' Cymbellonitzschia'' Hustedt in A.Schmidt et al. (7) *'' Denticula'' Kütz. (178) *'' Denticulopsis'' R. Simonsen and T. Kanaya, 1961 (20) *'' Fragilariopsis'' Hustedt in A. Schmidt (41) *'' Gomphonitzschia'' (14) *'' Grunowia'' (19) *'' Hantzschia'' Grunow, 1877 (258) *'' Neodenticula'' Akiba and Yanagisawa, 1986 (2) *''

Nitzschia ''Nitzschia'' is a common pennate marine diatom. In the scientific literature, this genus, named after Christian Ludwig Nitzsch, is sometimes termed ''Nitzchia'', and it has many species described, which all have a similar morphology. Occurrence ...

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, 1845 (2k) *'' Nitzschiella'' (18) *'' Ophidocampa'' (15) *'' Perrya'' (7) *'' Psammodictyona'' (5) *''

Pseudo-nitzschia ''Pseudo-nitzschia'' is a marine planktonic diatom genus that accounts for 4.4% of pennate diatoms found worldwide. Some species are capable of producing the neurotoxin domoic acid (DA), which is responsible for the neurological disorder in huma ...

'' H. Perag. and Perag., 1900 (81) *'' Simonsenia'' (3) *'' Tryblionella'' W.Sm., 1853 (103) Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per family.

References

Bacillariales Diatom families Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg {{Diatom-stub

Genera

See also

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