oömycete

oömycete

See also: oomycete

English

Noun

oömycete (plural oömycetes)

1. Rare spelling of oomycete.
   • 1917, Jean Effront, Biochemical Catalysts in Life and Industry: Proteolytic Enzymes‎, page 450:

     Again it has been found by Sartory in a great number of oömycete and ascomycete mushrooms.

   • 2000, Rowland H. Davis, Neurospora: Contributions of a Model Organism‎:

     Earlier work on the oömycete Saprolegnia ferax demonstrated stretch-activated Ca²⁺ channels, distributed in a tip-high gradient in the plasma membrane (Garrill et al., 1993).

   • 2013, Joseph G.H. Wessels, Friedhelm Meinhardt, The Mycota: Growth, Differentiation and Sexuality‎, page 101:

     The original hypothesis was refined and elaborated in the context of research with germinating Pelvetia embryos (Brawley and Robinson 1986); with extending pollen tubes (Herth et al. 1990; Picton and Steer 1982; Steer and Steer 1989); and most recently with hyphae of the oömycete Saprolegnia ferax (Garrill et al. 1993).