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One of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi
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arthrospore
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n. 1 A sporelike cell produced by some fungi and algae. 2 A similar cell produced by some bacteria.
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Arthrospore \Ar"thro*spore\, n. [Gr. ? joint + E. spore.] (Bacteriol.) A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria. one of the small conidia occurring arranged in chains in certain fungi. ...
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n. a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi