Oscillatoria

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See also: oscillatoria

Translingual

drawings of four species of 'Oscillatoria (and two other species of algae)

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

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Oscillatoriaceae – certain filamentous cyanobacteria.

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