oomycote
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Etymology
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Noun
oomycote (plural oomycotes)
- Any of a group of filamentous protists variously classified as the phylum Oomycota or the class Oomyctes 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 Oomycetes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons