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Definition of Oomycetes
1. Noun. Nonphotosynthetic fungi that resemble algae and that reproduce by forming oospores; sometimes classified as protoctists.
Generic synonyms: Class
Group relationships: Mastigomycota, Mastigomycotina, Subdivision Mastigomycota, Subdivision Mastigomycotina
Member holonyms: Order Saprolegniales, Saprolegniales, Order Peronosporales, Peronosporales, Family Plasmodiophoraceae, Plasmodiophoraceae
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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