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SPORE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion
Example:
a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spore" is a kind of...):
agamete (an asexual reproductive cell)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "spore"):
basidiospore (a sexually produced fungal spore borne on a basidium)
endospore (a small asexual spore that develops inside the cell of some bacteria and algae)
carpospore (a nonmotile spore of red algae)
chlamydospore (thick-walled asexual resting spore of certain fungi and algae)
conidiospore; conidium (an asexually produced fungal spore formed on a conidiophore)
oospore (a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi)
resting spore (a spore of certain algae or fungi that lies dormant; may germinate after a prolonged period)
tetraspore (one of the four asexual spores produced within a sporangium)
zoospore (an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella)
fern seed (the asexual spore of ferns that resembles dust; once thought to be seeds and to make the possessor invisible)
pollen (the fine spores that contain male gametes and that are borne by an anther in a flowering plant)
microspore (smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte)
macrospore; megaspore (larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte)
aeciospore (spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium)
ascospore (sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus)
zygospore (a plant spore formed by two similar sexual cells)
Context examples:
This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, not acid fast, catalase, oxidase, phosphatase, and ornithine decarboxylase positive, urease negative, reduces nitrate, and does not hydrolyze esculin or grow on MacConkey's agar.
(Pasteurella canis, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, not acid fast, catalase, oxidase, phosphatase, urease, ornithine decarboxylase, and indole positive, reduces nitrate, not beta-hemolytic, produces a strong odor, but does not hydrolyze esculin.
(Pasteurella pneumotropica, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, not beta-hemolytic, oxidase, urease, ornithine decarboxylase, and indole negative, phosphatase positive, reduces nitrate, does not hydrolyze esculin or acidify galactose, and slowly and weakly ferments carbohydrates.
(Pasteurella bettyae, NCI Thesaurus)
Inhaling or touching mold or mold spores may cause allergic reactions or asthma attacks in sensitive people.
(Molds, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, produces indole, and hydrolyzes esculin and ferments melezitose, cellobiose, trehlose, amygdalin, and salicin.
(Bacteroides uniformis, NCI Thesaurus)
Most are filamentous organisms and produce spores that can be air-, water-, or insect-borne.
(Mold, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is motile, spore forming, catalase and superoxide dismutase positive, indole negative, and reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes starch, and does not ferment glucose or lactose.
(Bacillus subtilis, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, indole positive, produces hydrogen sulfide, does not reduce nitrate, hydrolyzes esculin and starch, does not ferment trehalose, melezitose or arabinose, and is penicillin resistant.
(Bacteroides fragilis, NCI Thesaurus)
This bacteria is oxidase positive, catalase variable, motile by one or more polar flagella, non spore forming and reduces nitrate.
(Arcobacter butzleri, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is spore forming, catalase positive, oxidase negative, indole negative, does not produce hydrogen sulfide, reduces nitrate, and hydrolyzes starch and esculin.
(Bacillus polymyxa, NCI Thesaurus)
