Meanings
- not comparableBeing or relating to any cyanobacterium of the order Oscillatoriales.
Also, all of these algae appear to be typical of similar forms found in arid soils of temperate zones (Llano, 1962). The oscillatorioid forms are the most common (Drouet, 1962), […]
1971, Louis O. Quam, Horace D. Porter, Research in the Antarctic, page 1781 more example
These algae may be found in desert, as well as non-desert, soils which contain moisture that is available for an extended time period. The filamentous blue-green algae include nostocoid, scytonematoid, rivularioid, and oscillatorioid species.
1966, Roy E. Cameron, Gerald B. Blank, United States. National Aeronautics, Space Administration, Desert algae: soil crusts and diaphanous substrata as algal habitats, page 26
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