Definition of Oomycetes

1. Noun. Nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists.


Definition of Oomycetes

1. Noun. (plural of oomycete) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Oomycetes

1. Group of fungi in which the mycelium is nonseptate, i.e. Lacks cross walls and the nuclei are diploid. Sexual reproduction is oogamous. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oomycetes

oomiack
oomiacks
oomiacs
oomiak
oomiaks
oompah
oompahed
oompahing
oompahs
oompf
oomphs
ooms
oomycete
oomycosis
oon
oones
oons
oont
oonts
ooo
oooh
ooooh
oop
ooped
oophagia
oophagy

Literary usage of Oomycetes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Textbook of Botany for Colleges and Universities by John Merle Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Henry Chandler Cowles (1910)
"In fact, the two groups of Phycomycetes are distinguished by their sexual apparatus: (a) oomycetes, which are heterogamous, and (b) Zygomycetes, ..."

2. Microbes, Ferments and Moulds by Édouard Louis Trouessart (1886)
"This sexual reproduction exists in the oomycetes, although only in a very elementary form. In addition to the ordinary spores which we have noticed in other ..."

3. A Student's Text-book of Botany by Sydney Howard Vines (1896)
"... in those forms which are not known to produce zygospores, the plant is a gametophyte, and the sporophyte is absent. Section B. oomycetes. ..."

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