Bacillariaceae
Bacillariaceae is a family of diatoms in the phylum Heterokontophyta, the only family in the order Bacillariales. Some species of genera such as Nitzchia are found in halophilic environments; for example, in the seasonally flooded Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.Genera
This family includes these genera:
- Bacillaria Gmelin
- Cylindrotheca Rabenh.
- Cymbellonitzschia Hustedt in A.Schmidt et al.
- Denticula Kütz.
- Denticulopsis R. Simonsen and T. Kanaya, 1961
- Fragilariopsis Hustedt in A. Schmidt
- Hantzschia Grunow
- Neodenticula Akiba and Yanagisawa
- Nitzschia Hassall
- Pseudo-nitzschia H. Perag. in H.Perag. and Perag.
- Tryblionella W.Sm.
