class Bacillariophyceae


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Noun1.class Bacillariophyceae - marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatomsclass Bacillariophyceae - marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms
Bacillariophyceae, class Diatomophyceae, Diatomophyceae
Chrysophyta, division Chrysophyta - mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta
diatom - microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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The genus Chaetoceros belonging to the class Bacillariophyceae is one of the largest genera of marine planktonic diatoms, and it is widely distributed around the world, with approximately 400 described species (Spaulding & Edlund, 2008).
Effect of different phosphorus concentrations on growth and biochemical composition of Chaetoceros muelleri
State Akwaibom Rivers Stations AB RB RK CLASS BACILLARIOPHYCEAE A.
Survey on phytoplankton biomass and water parameters in the habitats of invasive tigers shrimps (Penaeus Monodon) in Nigeria
The algae present in the guts content belong in their great majority to the class Bacillariophyceae and few to the class Cyanophyceae.
Habitats and trophic relationships of Chironomidae insect larvae from the Sepotuba River basin, Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil/Habitats e relacoes troficas de insetos Chironomidae da bacia do Rio Sepotuba, Pantanal de Mato Grosso, Brasil
The NMDS ordination occurred as a function of years and periods, with higher density values negatively associated with the first axis, mainly due to the class Bacillariophyceae, and the second axis separated more markedly the high water periods positively, along with years that presented high water levels in the low water period.
Community structure of periphytic algae in a floodplain lake: a long-term study/Estrutura da comunidade de algas perifiticas em ambiente lentico de planicie de inundacao: um estudo de longa duracao

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