Bacillariaceae
Bacillariaceae is a family of diatoms, 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:- Allonitzschia
- Bacillaria Gmelin
- Crucidenticula
- Cylindrotheca Rabenh.
- Cymbellonitzschia Hustedt in A.Schmidt et al.
- Denticula Kütz.
- Denticulopsis R. Simonsen and T. Kanaya, 1961
- Fragilariopsis Hustedt in A. Schmidt
- Gomphonitzschia
- Grunowia
- Hantzschia Grunow, 1877
- Neodenticula Akiba and Yanagisawa, 1986
- Nitzschia Hassall, 1845
- Nitzschiella
- Ophidocampa
- Perrya
- Psammodictyon
- Pseudo-nitzschia H. Perag. and Perag., 1900
- Simonsenia
- Tryblionella W.Sm., 1853