oomycete

Definitions

1. Any of a number of filamentous unicellular protists of the class Oomycetes; the water molds.
2. Rare spelling of oomycete.
   alt-of, rare

Equivalents

Examples

“Chromistas are oomycetes whereas fungi includes chytridiomycetes, zygomycetes, ascomycetes, basidiomycetes, and mitosporic fungi.”

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

“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).”

“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).”

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