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sporophorocysts

sporophorocysts is the plural of sporophorocyst.

Meaning of sporophorocyst

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

Questions about sporophorocysts

What is sporophorocysts the plural of?
Sporophorocysts is the plural of sporophorocyst.

Words near sporophorocysts in the dictionary

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

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