Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Formation of or conversion into spores or sporules; sporation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Biol.) The act or process of forming spores; spore formation. See
Illust. ofbacillus , (b).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The process of a
bacterium becoming aspore
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores
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Examples
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This sporulation is normal on fully mature tempeh.
Fried Tempe 2009
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This sporulation is normal on fully mature tempeh.
Fried Tempe 2009
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You could fly 100 Ph.D. students under the umbrella of this concept, because my supposition is that entomopathogenic fungi, prior to sporulation, attract the very insects that are otherwise repelled by those spores.
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You could fly 100 Ph.D. students under the umbrella of this concept, because my supposition is that entomopathogenic fungi, prior to sporulation, attract the very insects that are otherwise repelled by those spores.
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You could fly 100 Ph.D. students under the umbrella of this concept, because my supposition is that entomopathogenic fungi, prior to sporulation, attract the very insects that are otherwise repelled by those spores.
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Aqueous Neemros® extracts at concentrations of 5 - 50 g/l inhibited mycelial growth, sporulation and germination of Fusarium oxysporum fsc lycopersici.
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Bacillus thuringiensis (BT) is a gram-positive, peritrichously flagellated rod-shaped bacterium which produces a parasporal crystal during sporulation.
Chapter 8 1994
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The characteristic which distinguishes the two species is the toxic, proteinaceous crystal produced only in B. thuringiensis during sporulation.
Chapter 8 1994
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After the rice is thoroughly molded, which is accomplished by breaking the koji and mixing, the koji is harvested before mold sporulation starts, usually in I or 2 days.
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It has been pointed out that, owing to perfectly aerobic and highly selective conditions, no aseptic precautions have to be taken, and sporulation of the mould is totally inhibited.
Chapter 21 1979
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