Bacillariaceae is a
family
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of
diatom
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s, the only family in the
order
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Bacillariales. Some species of genera such as ''
Nitzchia'' are found in
halophilic
A halophile (from the Greek word for 'salt-loving') is an extremophile that thrives in high salt concentrations. In chemical terms, halophile refers to a Lewis acidic species that has some ability to extract halides from other chemical species.
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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:
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Allonitzschia'' (1)
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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 and ...
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Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Karl Christian Gmelin, Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis, Alsatica et confinium regionum cis- et transrhenania'' (1806)
* Charles Gmelin (1872–1950), British Olympic athlete
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(155)
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Crucidenticula'' (8)
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Cylindrotheca''
Rabenh.
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Cymbellonitzschia''
Hustedt in A.Schmidt et al. (7)
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Denticula''
Kütz. (178)
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Denticulopsis''
R. Simonsen and T. Kanaya, 1961 (20)
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Fragilariopsis''
Hustedt in A. Schmidt (41)
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Gomphonitzschia'' (14)
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Grunowia'' (19)
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Hantzschia''
Grunow, 1877 (258)
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Neodenticula''
Akiba and Yanagisawa, 1986 (2)
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Nitzschia
''Nitzschia'' is a common pennate marine and freshwater diatom. In the scientific literature, this genus, named after Christian Ludwig Nitzsch, is sometimes referred to incorrectly as ''Nitzchia'', and it has many species described, which all hav ...
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Hassall, 1845 (2k)
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Nitzschiella'' (18)
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Ophidocampa'' (15)
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Perrya'' (7)
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Psammodictyon'' (5)
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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 humans ...
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H. Perag. and Perag., 1900 (81)
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Simonsenia'' (3)
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Tryblionella''
W.Sm., 1853 (103)
Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per family.
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See also
* Extremophile
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References
Bacillariales
Diatom families
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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