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
- Category:Oscillatoria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons