Arthrospore

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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