Search Results for: spore
Microspore
Definition noun, plural: microspores (botany) The smaller spore produced by sporophytes and develop into male... Read More
Aplanospore
Definition An immobile, thin-walled spore that relies on passive transport by water currents. Supplement Examples of... Read More
Gram-positive endospore-forming rods
Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods Definition Gram-positive endospore-forming rods are a group of rod-shaped bacteria... Read More
Sporangiospore
Definition noun, plural: sporangiospores The spore produced and contained within a sporangium. Supplement Sporangiospores... Read More
Carpospore
Definition noun, plural: carpospores The spore that develops from the conceptacles of a carposporophyte, characteristic of... Read More
Tetraspore
Definition noun, plural: tetraspores One of the four asexual spores produced and contained within a tetrasporangium in red... Read More
Asexual reproduction
Asexual Reproduction Definition What is asexual reproduction? Asexual reproduction is a type of reproduction that does not... Read More
Sporophyte
Sporophyte Definition What is a sporophyte? Accordingly, the sporophyte is the plant generation that produces spores. To... Read More
Macrospore
Definition ''noun, plural: megaspores’’ (botany) The larger meiospore produced in heterosporous plants, and develops... Read More
Reproduction
Reproduction Definition Reproduction is a biological phenomenon of producing offspring/s. i.e. more of its kind. Depending... Read More
Perfect fungi
Definition noun A group of fungi that reproduce through asexual spores and sexually-produced spores Supplement Fungi are... Read More
Bryophytes
Bryophytes (nonvascular plants) do not have xylem or phloem. The habitations of this plant group are widely varied and... Read More
Gametophyte generation
Definition noun (botany) A phase in the life cycle of certain plants and algae that starts with a spore up to the time that... Read More
Sporophyte generation
Definition noun (botany) A phase in the life cycle of certain plants and algae that starts with the union of gametes up to... Read More
Sporogenesis
Definition noun (1) An asexual form of reproduction by means of spores. (2) The formation of spores during a biological... Read More
Apicomplexa
Definition noun A phylum comprised of protozoans characterized by having a special organelle called an apical complex, and... Read More
Turgor pressure
In biology, turgor pressure pertains to the pressure that is exerted by the fluid (e.g. water) against the cell wall. It is... Read More
Plant cell
Plant Cell Definition A plant cell refers to any cell of a plant. It is the structural and functional unit of plants. Plant... Read More
SELFISH GENE – selfish to persist
What is a selfish gene? A selfish gene is not a gene that makes an individual selfish. In fact, it may even be involved in... Read More
Sexual reproduction
Sexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction involving the fusion of haploid female gamete (egg cell) and haploid male... Read More
Germination
Definition noun, plural: germinations The stage in which a germ or a living thing starts to sprout, grow and... Read More
Anaerobic bacteria
Bacteria are classified according to the need for oxygen to survive and grow. For example, aerobic bacteria are bacteria... Read More
Sporozoite
Definition noun, plural: sporozoites A minute, elongated cell that arise from the repeated division of the oocyst during... Read More
Eubacteria
Eubacteria are prokaryotic microorganisms consisting of a single cell lacking a nucleus and containing DNA is a single... Read More
Tachyzoite
Definition noun, plural: tachyzoites A relatively faster-growing, actively multiplying, and invasive cell type of certain... Read More
Brevibacillus brevis
Definition noun A motile aerobic ellipsoidal spore forming rod organisms involved in gramicidin production an antimicrobial... Read More