Found 2 items, similar to arthrospore.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: arthrospore arthrospore n 1: a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria 2: one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi
English → English (gcide) Definition: Arthrospore Arthrospore \Ar"thro*spore\, n. [Gr. ? joint + E. spore.] (Bacteriol.) 1. A bacterial resting cell, -- formerly considered a spore, but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. one of the small conidia occurring arranged in chains in certain fungi. Called also oidium. [PJC] -- Ar`thro*spor"ic, Ar*thros"po*rous, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]