sporoplasm

[ spawr-uh-plaz-uhm, spohr- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the protoplasm within a spore that is injected into a host cell by various parasitic organisms.

First recorded in 1890–95; sporo- ( def ) + -plasm ( def )

Hence it is possible that the Myxosporidian sporoplasm really consists of two, incompletely-divided (sister) germs.

Spores with two polar-capsules, and without an iodinophilous vacuole in the sporoplasm.

The sporoplasm may be either a plasmodial mass, with numerous nuclei, or may form a certain number of uninuclear sporozoites.

Spores having the form of an anchor with six arms; sporoplasm plasmodial, situate near the anterior pole of the spore.

There is usually a 560 certain amount of unused sporoplasm left over in the centre of the spore, constituting the sporal residuum.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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