Oomycote
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Oomycote is a noun meaning Any of a group of filamentous protists variously classified as the phylum Oomycota or the class Oomycetes in a more broadly circumscribed phylum.
Meaning
Any of a group of filamentous protists variously classified as the phylum Oomycota or the class Oomycetes in a more broadly circumscribed phylum.
Example Sentences
Marine oomycotes are eukaryotic mycelial decomposers that have swimming, biflagellate propagules and lie in the Kingdom Chromista (or Protoctista), phylum Oomycota.
Word Forms
- oomycotes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oomycete, peronosporomycete, oocyst, oligohymenophorean, ozonium, oligotrichid.
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