Bacteriastrum
| Bacteriastrum | |
|---|---|
| Bacteriastrum delicatulum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Division: | Ochrophyta |
| Clade: | Bacillariophyta |
| Class: | Thalassiosirophyceae |
| Order: | Chaetocerotales |
| Family: | Chaetocerotaceae |
| Genus: | Bacteriastrum Shadbolt, 1854 |
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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.