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Typically, periphyton is made up of a diatoms, a variety of filamentous algae (including Spirogyra, Anabanea, Oscillatoria, Lyngbya, Pithophora spp), and cyanobacteria.
Aquatic plants 2008
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In _Beggiatoa_, a filamentous form, peculiar, slow, oscillatory movements are to be observed, reminding us of the movements of _Oscillatoria_ among the _Cyanophyceae_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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Between 84 degrees and 112 degrees there is an imperfect _Zygnema_ with very long articulations, and where the green scum passes into brown, there is sometimes an _Oscillatoria, _ of a very minute stellate _Scytonema, _ probably in an imperfect state.
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Two _Confervae_ only occur in the specimens which have been preserved, viz., an _Oscillatoria_ allied to that which I have called _O. interrupta, _ and a true
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_ At 17,000 feet, an _Oscillatoria, _ attached or adherent to _Zannichellia_; and, finally, on the bare ground, at 18,000 feet, on the Donkia mountains, an obscure species of _Caenocoleus.
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I cannot admit the Sargassum case to be parallel with that of Confervae or Oscillatoria.
More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 Charles Darwin 1845
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(Hydroporus thermalis), Gallionellae, Oscillatoria and Confervae, while their waters bathe the root-fibers of phanerogamic plants.
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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He said the bacterium, known as Burgundy Blood algae or Oscillatoria rubescens, is known to have existed 3,000 years ago and still causes similar effects today.
Water Conserve: Water Conservation RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Telegraph: Richard Gr 2010
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He said the bacterium, known as Burgundy Blood algae or Oscillatoria rubescens, is known to have existed 3,000 years ago and still causes similar effects today.
Global Warming RSS Newsfeed info@ecologicalinternet.org (Telegraph: Richard Gr 2010
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Oscillatoria rubescens, is known to have existed 3,000 years ago and still causes similar effects today.
#39;s Big Feed lex 2010
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