microconidium

microconidium
In fungi, the smaller of two distinctively different-sized types of conidia in a single species, usually single-celled and spherical, ovoid, pyriform, or clavate.

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mi·cro·co·nid·i·um -kə-'nid-ē-əm n, pl -nid·ia -ē-ə a conidium of the smaller of two types produced by the same species and often differing in shape (as in members of the genus Fusarium) compare MACROCONIDIUM
mi·cro·co·nid·i·al -ē-əl adj

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mi·cro·co·nid·i·um (mi″kro-ko-nidґe-əm) pl. microconidґia. A small, usually single-celled conidium or exospore in a fungus that also produces macroconidia; the term is sometimes used interchangeably with microaleuriospore.

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  • macroconidium — 1. A conidium, or exospore, of large size. 2. In fungi, the larger of two distinctively different sized types of conidia in a single species, thick or thin walled and composed of 2 to 10 cells; characteristic of most dermatophytes and some other… …   Medical dictionary

  • microaleuriospore — mi·cro·aleu·rio·spore (mi″kro ə looґre o spor) a small aleuriospore; the term is sometimes used interchangeably with microconidium …   Medical dictionary

  • μικροκονίδιο — το (μυκητ.) κονίδιο μικρού μεγέθους, το οποίο συχνά λειτουργεί ως σπερμάτιο. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αντιδάνεια, λ., πρβλ. αγγλ. microconidium (βλ. μικρ[ο] )] …   Dictionary of Greek

  • macroconidium — “+ noun (plural macroconidia) Etymology: New Latin, from macr + conidium : a large usually multinucleate conidium of a fungus compare microconidium …   Useful english dictionary

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