Bacteriastrum | |
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Bacteriastrum delicatulum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
Order: | incertae sedis |
Family: | Chaetocerotaceae |
Genus: | Bacteriastrum Shadbolt, 1854 |
Species | |
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Bacteriastrum is a genus of diatoms in family Chaetocerotaceae.[1] There are more than 30 described species in genus Bacteriastrum, but many of these are not currently accepted, and new species are still added to the genus.[2] The type species for the genus is Bacteriastrum furcatum Shadbolt.