Oscillatoria
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See also: oscillatoria
Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/British_sea-weeds_-_drawn_from_Professor_Harvey%27s_%22Phycologia_Britannica%22_%281872%29_%2820410184032%29.jpg/220px-British_sea-weeds_-_drawn_from_Professor_Harvey%27s_%22Phycologia_Britannica%22_%281872%29_%2820410184032%29.jpg)
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