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micronematous

micronematous adjective: having smaller than normal conidiogenous cells.

Adjective

micronematous (not comparable)

  1. Having smaller than normal conidiogenous cells
    • Conidiophores on trichomes, micronematous, formed along the hyphae, sometimes macronematous terminally at the apex of trichomes, mononematous, cylindrical, 5–62.5 × 5.0–7.5 μm, 0–5 septate, occasionally branched, brown, smooth.2016 February 25, “Naming Potentially Endangered Parasites: Foliicolous Mycobiota of Dimorphandra wilsonii, a Highly Threatened Brazilian Tree Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of micronematous

From macro- + nematous.

Questions about micronematous

What does micronematous mean?
Micronematous means having smaller than normal conidiogenous cells.
What part of speech is micronematous?
Micronematous is an adjective.

Words near micronematous in the dictionary

  1. micronekton
  2. micronektonic
  3. micronemal
  4. micronematocyst
  5. micronematocysts
  6. micronematous
  7. microneme
  8. micronemes
  9. Micronesia
  10. Micronesian
  11. Micronesian time

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