Scytonema

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek [Term?] (“skin”) + [Term?] (“thread”)

Proper noun

Scytonema n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Scytonemataceae – photosynthetic cyanobacteria, some of which are a component of lichens.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Prokaryota - superkingdom; Bacteria - kingdom; Negibacteria - subkingdom; Cyanobacteria - phylum; Cyanophyceae - class; Nostocales - order; Scytonemataceae - family

References

• Scytonema on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scytonema on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Scytonema on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Scytonema at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Scytonema at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Scytonema at World Register of Marine Species
• Scytonema at MycoBank
• Scytonema at AlgaeBase