Bacillariaceae is a
family
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of
diatoms in the
phylum Heterokont
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ophyta, the only family in the
order Bacillariales. Some species of genera such as ''
Nitzchia
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Occurrenc ...
'' are found in
halophilic
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environments; for example, in the seasonally flooded
Makgadikgadi Pans
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in
Botswana
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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 ...
''
Gmelin (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''
Hassall
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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.
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See also
* Extremophile
An extremophile (from Latin ' meaning "extreme" and Greek ' () meaning "love") is an organism that is able to live (or in some cases thrive) in extreme environments, i.e. environments that make survival challenging such as due to extreme temper ...
References
Bacillariales
Diatom families
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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