| 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) |
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| 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) |
| sporicide | An agent that kills spores. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sporid | <botany> A sporidium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporidesmins | A group of related mycotoxins produced by the pasture fungus pithomyces chartarum (formerly sporidesmium bakeri); causes liver damage and facial eczema in cattle and sheep. (12 Dec 1998) |
| sporidiferous | <botany> Bearing sporidia. Origin: Sporidium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporidium | Origin: NL. See Spore. <botany> A secondary spore, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. A spore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporiferous | <biology> Bearing or producing spores. Origin: Spore. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporification | <biology> Spore formation. See Spore formation, under Spore. Origin: Spore + L. -ficare (in comp) to make. See -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sporo- | Seed, spore. Origin: G. Sporos (05 Mar 2000) |