arthrospore's Usage Examples:

Formerly two kinds of spores were described, arthrospores and endospores.

Systems have also been brought forward based on the formation of arthrospores and endospores, but as explained above this is eminently unsatisfactory, as arthrospores are not true spores and both kinds of reproductive bodies are found in one and the same form.

An arthrospore, however, is not a true spore but merely an ordinary vegetative cell which separates and passes into a condition of rest, and such may occur in forms which form endospores, e.

Synonyms:

cell,

Antonyms:

voltaic cell, electrolytic cell,