Bacteriastrum

Bacteriastrum
Bacteriastrum delicatulum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Clade: Diatomeae
Class: Mediophyceae
Family: Chaetocerotaceae
Genus: Bacteriastrum
Shadbolt, 1854
Species

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Bacteriastrum is a genus of diatoms in family Chaetocerotaceae. 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. The type species for the genus is Bacteriastrum furcatum Shadbolt.