SPOROPLASM Definition & Meaning

sporoplasm

[ spawr-uh-plaz-uhm, spohr- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

the protoplasm within a spore that is injected into a host cell by various parasitic organisms.

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First recorded in 1890–95; sporo- ( def ) + -plasm ( def )

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There is usually a 560 certain amount of unused sporoplasm left over in the centre of the spore, constituting the sporal residuum.

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The sporoplasm, representing the sporozoite, is always single.

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Spores with two polar-capsules, and without an iodinophilous vacuole in the sporoplasm.

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Sporoplasm; p.c, polar capsules; s, suture; x, “irregular, pale masses, of undetermined origin.”

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The sporoplasm may be either a plasmodial mass, with numerous nuclei, or may form a certain number of uninuclear sporozoites.

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