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Arthrospore

Arthrospore Meaning & Definition
Arthrospore Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Arthrospore?

[n] one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi
[n] a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria

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See Also | cell

Arthrospore In Webster's Dictionary

\Ar"thro*spore\, n. [Gr. ? joint + E. spore.] (Bacteriol.) A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria. -- {Ar`thro*spor"ic}, {Ar*thros"po*rous}, a.

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