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Zygospores

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006908

A thick-walled resting cell or spore formed by the fusion of gametangia (or specialized haploid hyphae) of different mating types during the sexual reproduction, as seen in some species of fungi, algae, protists etc.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006908
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymszygosperms
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoSpores; Mating types; Chlamydospores; Hyphae; Fungal spores
TranslationsSpanish: cigosporas
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006908",
  "term": "Zygospores",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A thick-walled resting cell or spore formed by the fusion of gametangia (or specialized haploid hyphae) of different mating types during the sexual reproduction, as seen in some species of fungi, algae, protists etc.",
  "synonyms": [
    "zygosperms"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "spores",
    "mating types",
    "chlamydospores",
    "hyphae",
    "fungal spores"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cigosporas"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/zygospores/"
}

Record 6,798 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.