Sporophorocyst
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sporophorocyst is a noun meaning A vesicle, in microsporidians, that contain sporoblasts and spores.
Meaning
A vesicle, in microsporidians, that contain sporoblasts and spores.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- sporophorocysts
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sporocyst, sporidium, microsporocarp, sporocarp, sporangiospore, sporont.
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