oomycote

English

Etymology

From oo- +‎ -mycote.

Noun

oomycote (plural oomycotes)

1. Any of a group of filamentous protists variously classified as the phylum Oomycota or the class Oomycetes in a more broadly circumscribed phylum.

   Synonyms: water mould, water mold

   • 2007, M.P. Weinstein, Concepts and Controversies in Tidal Marsh Ecology, page 163:

     Marine oomycotes are eukaryotic mycelial decomposers that have swimming, biflagellate propagules and lie in the Kingdom Chromista (or Protoctista), phylum Oomycota.

References

• Oomycota on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Oomycota on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Oomycetes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons