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- noun Plural form of
exospore .
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Examples
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Cyanobacteria reproduce asexually, and some methods are exospores, endospores, akinetes, and hormogonium.
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Some bacteria produce endospores (internal spores) while others produce exospores (released outside) or cysts.
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