Summary ³

Oscillatoria is a genus in the taxonomic order Oscillatoriales. All members of this order are characterized by coin-like cells joined end-to-end to form simple, unbranched filaments. Oscillatoria is common in freshwater phytoplankton assemblages, and may form dense blooms.

About ⁴

This guide was prepared by Dr. Robin Matthews, former Director of the Institute for Watershed Studies (http://www.wwu.edu/iws/) and professor emeritus at Western Washington University. In addition to this guide she has also written two ebooks (more on the way) on phytoplankton identification (see the "algae books" link on http://www.wwu.edu/iws/) and an online key to the cyanobacteria (http://www.snoringcat.net/cyanobacteria_key/index.html).

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1. (c) rmatth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by rmatth
2. (c) William J. Davis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by William J. Davis
3. Adapted by Bryan Milstead from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscillatoria
4. Adapted by rmatth from a work by (c) Bryan Milstead, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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