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Description:
Oscillatoria (oss-sill-at-oar-ee-a) (tentative identification) 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. Phase contrast.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Bacteria
- Cyanobacteria
- Oscillatoriales
- Oscillatoriaceae
- Terrabacteria
- Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria group
- Oscillatoriophycideae
- Oscillatoria
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