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Name derivation: |
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Star-shaped ‘bacterium’
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Classification: |
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Bacteriastrum Shadbolt 1854; 11 of 36 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically (Guiry and Guiry 2014). Class Coscinodiscophyceae; Order Chaetocerotales
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Guiry, M.D. and G.M. Guiry 2014. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 12 December 2014. Shadboldt, G. (1854). A short description of some new forms of Diatomaceae from Port Natal. Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London, New Series 2: 13-18 |
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