| Bacteriastrum | |
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| Bacteriastrum delicatulum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | Chaetocerotaceae |
| Genus: | Bacteriastrum Shadbolt, 1854 |
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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.
- ^ Tomas, C. R., Hasle G. R., Syvertsen, E. E., Steidinger, K. A., Tangen, K., Throndsen, J., Heimdal, B. R., (1997). Identifying Marine Phytoplankton, Academic Press.
- ^ Sarno, D., Zingone, A. & Marino, D. (1997). Bacteriastrum parallelum sp. nov., a new diatom from the Gulf of Naples, and new observations on B. furcatum (Chaetocerotaceae, Bacillariophyta). Phycologia 36: 257-266