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Bacillariophyceae

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Noun1.Bacillariophyceae - marine and freshwater eukaryotic algae: diatoms
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and golden-brown algae and diatoms: Xanthophyceae, Chrysophyceae, Bacillariophyceae; some classification systems superseded or subsumed by Heterokontophyta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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How it works Diatomaceous earth is mined from the fossilized silica shell remains of unicellular or colonial algae or one-celled pytoplankton in the class Bacillariophyceae, better known as diatoms, that converted the silica they ingested to form their shells.
As classes mais representativas foram Cyanophyceae (28 e 26%), Zygnemaphyceae (21 e 22%) e Bacillariophyceae (19 e 23%) na lagoa Juparaná e no rio Pequeno, respectivamente.
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