Oscillatoria
See also: oscillatoria
Translingual
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drawings of four species of 'Oscillatoria (and two other species of algae)
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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