Oscillatoria

See also: oscillatoria

Translingual

Etymology

From the oscillating motion of its filaments as they slide against each other to position the colony facing a light source.

Proper noun

Oscillatoria f

A taxonomic genus within the family Oscillatoriaceae – certain filamentous cyanobacteria.

Hypernyms

(family): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Cyanobacteria - phylum; Cyanophyceae - class; Oscillatoriophycideae - subclass; Oscillatoriales - order; Oscillatoriaceae - fanily

Hyponyms

(genus): Oscillatoria princeps - type species

References

Oscillatoria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Oscillatoria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Oscillatoria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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