Oscillatoria

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Oscillatoria
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Oscillatoria princeps
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteriota
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Oscillatoriales
Family: Oscillatoriaceae
Genus: Oscillatoria
Vaucher ex Gomont, 1822
Type species
Oscillatoria princeps
Vaucher ex Gomont
Species

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Oscillatoria filaments

Oscillatoria is a genus of filamentous cyanobacteria. It is often found in freshwater environments. [1] Its name refers to the oscillating motion of its filaments as they slide against each other to position the colony to face a light source. [2] Oscillatoria uses photosynthesis to survive and reproduce. Each filament of Oscillatoria consists of a row of cells called a trichome. The tip of the trichome oscillates like a pendulum.

Contents

Reproduction takes place asexually by fragmentation. Usually the filament breaks into a number of fragments called hormogonia. Each hormogonium consist of one or more cells and grows into a filament by cell division in one direction. Hormogonia has capacity for locomotion. [1]

As a result of recent genetic analyses, several new genera were erected from this genus, e.g. Tenebriella . [3]

Research

Oscillatoria are the subject of research into the natural production of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), [4] an antioxidant, food additive, and industrial chemical.

Cyclic peptides called venturamides, which may have anti-malarial activity, have been isolated from bacteria in this genus. They are the first peptides with this activity to have been found in cyanobacteria. [5]

Serinolamide A is a cannabinoid structurally related to Anandamide that has been found to occur in Oscillatoria species. [6]

Species

Oscillatoria contains the following species: [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Oscillatoria | cyanobacteria genus | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  2. ↑ "Oscillatoria". oceandatacenter.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  3. ↑ Hauerová, Radka; Hauer, Tomáš; Kaštovský, Jan; Komárek, Jiří; Lepšová-Skácelová, Olga; Mareš, Jan (2021). "Tenebriella gen. nov. – the dark twin of Oscillatoria". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 165 107293. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107293. PMID   34391914. S2CID   237093100.
  4. ↑ Babu B, Wu JT (December 2008). "Production of Natural Butylated Hydroxytoluene as an Antioxidant by Freshwater Phytoplankton" (PDF). Journal of Phycology. 44 (6): 1447–1454. doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00596.x. PMID   27039859. S2CID   26084768.
  5. ↑ Linington, R. G.; González, J.; Ureña, L.-D.; Romero, L. I.; Ortega-Barría, E.; Gerwick, W. H. (2007). "Venturamides A and B: Antimalarial Constituents of the Panamanian Marine Cyanobacterium Oscillatoria sp". Journal of Natural Products. 70 (3): 397–401. doi:10.1021/np0605790. PMID   17328572.
  6. ↑ Gutiérrez, Marcelino; Pereira, Alban R.; Debonsi, Hosana M.; Ligresti, Alessia; Di Marzo, Vincenzo; Gerwick, William H. (2011). "Cannabinomimetic Lipid from a Marine Cyanobacterium". Journal of Natural Products. 74 (10): 2313–2317. doi:10.1021/np200610t. PMC   3325759 . PMID   21999614.
  7. ↑ "Algaebase :: Listing the World's Algae". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
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