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Oscillatoria (awe-sill-at-owe-ree-a) filamentous blue green alga (bacterium) common in sediments. Motile, without differentiated cells within the filament, but distinguished by a slight twist at the anterior end. Differential interference contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Bacteria
- Cyanobacteria
- Oscillatoriales
- Oscillatoriaceae
- Terrabacteria
- Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria group
- Oscillatoriophycideae
- Oscillatoria
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- David Patterson, Linda Amaral Zettler and Virginia Edgcomb
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