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sporophorocyst

sporophorocyst noun: a vesicle, in microsporidians, that contain sporoblasts and spores.

Noun

sporophorocyst (plural sporophorocysts)

  1. A vesicle, in microsporidians, that contain sporoblasts and spores.
    • The characteristic feature of the genus Heterosporis is the presence of a dense solid wall sporophorocyst, which encloses all developmental stages (meronts, sporonts, sporophorous vesicles with sporoblasts, and spores) of the parasite as observed under an electron microscope.2015 August 6, “Description of the Microsporidian Parasite, Heterosporis sutherlandae n. sp., Infecting Fish in the Great Lakes Region, USA”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of sporophorocyst

pluralsporophorocysts

Words formed from sporophorocyst

Questions about sporophorocyst

What does sporophorocyst mean?
Sporophorocyst means a vesicle, in microsporidians, that contain sporoblasts and spores.
What part of speech is sporophorocyst?
Sporophorocyst is a noun.
What is the plural of sporophorocyst?
The plural of sporophorocyst is sporophorocysts.

Words near sporophorocyst in the dictionary

  1. sporophagous
  2. sporophagy
  3. sporophore
  4. sporophores
  5. sporophoric
  6. sporophorocyst
  7. sporophorocystic
  8. sporophorocysts
  9. sporophorous
  10. sporophyl
  11. sporophyll

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