| macronutrient |
(Gr. makros, large + L. nutrire, to nourish) For growth media: an essential element normally required in concentrations >0.5 millimole/l.
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| macrophage |
A type of phagocyte (cell in the body which 'eats' damaged cells and foreign substances such as virus and bacteria).
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| macrocyclic |
of rust life cycle, producing all five spore states; producing pycnia, aecia, uredinia and telia. cf. demicyclic, microcyclic.
Ãâó: www.anbg.gov.au/glossary/webpubl/fungloss.htm
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| macroconidium |
the larger, and generally diagnostic conidium of a fungus which also has microconidia (Nag Raj, 1993).
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| macrocyst |
in Myxomycota, an encysted aggregate of myamoebae; the resting form of a young plasmodium; the alternative to the sorocarp in some cellular slime moulds (Dictyosteliomycetes) (Hawksworth et al., 1983). cf. microcyst.
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