Oscillatoria
See also: oscillatoria
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From the oscillating motion of its filaments as they slide against each other to position the colony facing a light source.
Proper noun edit
Oscillatoria f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Oscillatoriaceae – certain filamentous cyanobacteria.
Hypernyms edit
- (family): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Cyanobacteria - phylum; Cyanophyceae - class; Oscillatoriophycideae - subclass; Oscillatoriales - order; Oscillatoriaceae - fanily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Oscillatoria princeps - type species
References edit
- Oscillatoria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Oscillatoria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Oscillatoria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons