| sporades | <astronomy> Stars not included in any constellation; called also informed, or unformed, stars. Origin: L, fr. Gr. Sporades. Cf. Sporadic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
|---|---|
| sporadic | Neither endemic nor epidemic, occurring occasionally in a random or isolated manner. Origin: Gr. Sporadikos = scattered, L. Sporadicus (18 Nov 1997) |
| sporadic bovine encephalomyelitis | A disease of cattle caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci and characterised by fever, depression, excessive salivation, diarrhoea, anorexia, and incoordination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sporadic bovine leukosis | A rare disease of cattle less than 3 years of age, of unknown cause, characterised by the development of lymphosarcoma; three clinicopathological forms are recognised: calf or juvenile form, thymic form, and cutaneous form. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sporadin | Gamont stage of a gregarine parasite after it has lost its epimerite or mucron. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sporadotrichina | A suborder of ciliate protozoa having a body that is commonly oval to elliptical in shape. most species are free-living in widely diverse habitats. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sporangiophore | The stalk of a sporangium. (09 Oct 1997) |
| sporangium | <plant biology> Spore case, within which asexual spores are produced. (18 Nov 1997) |
| spore | <plant biology> Highly resistant dehydrated form of reproductive cell produced under conditions of environmental stress. Usually have very resistant cell walls (integument) and low metabolic rate until activated. Bacterial spores may survive quite extraordinary extremes of temperature, dehydration or chemical insult. Gives rise to a new individual without fusion with another cell. (18 Nov 1997) |
| spore germination protease | <enzyme> Isolated from baccilus. Registry number: EC 3.4.99.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| spore photoproduct lyase | <enzyme> A 40-kD polypeptide that shows regional amino acid sequence homology to DNA photolyases; involved in repair of uv radiation-induced DNA damage during spore germination Registry number: EC 4.1.99.- Synonym: sp lyase, spl protein, spl gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| spores | The reproductive elements of lower organisms, such as protozoa, fungi, and cryptogamic plants. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spores, bacterial | Heat and stain resistant, metabolically inactive bodies formed within the vegetative cells of bacteria of the genera bacillus and clostridium. (12 Dec 1998) |
| spores, fungal | Reproductive bodies produced by fungi. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sporicidal | Lethal to spores. Origin: spori-+ L. Caedo, to kill (05 Mar 2000) |