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Definition of Sporulation
1. Noun. Asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores.
Generic synonyms: Agamogenesis, Asexual Reproduction
Specialized synonyms: Heterospory, Homospory
Derivative terms: Sporulate
Definition of Sporulation
1. n. The act or process of forming spores; spore formation. See Illust. of Bacillus, b.
Definition of Sporulation
1. Noun. The process of a bacterium becoming a spore ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sporulation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Sporulation
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sporulation
Literary usage of Sporulation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"The sporulation is influenced in its duration by the external temperature (Grassi
... Four different sporulation stages of malarial parasites from Anopheles ..."
2. Protozoölogy by Gary Nathan Calkins (1909)
"(c) sporulation in Myxosporidia.—Little more need be added to what has already
been given in connection with spore formation in this group (see p. ..."
3. Protozoölogy by Gary Nathan Calkins (1909)
"(e) sporulation in Myxosporidia.—Little more need be added to what has already
been given in connection with spore formation in this group (see p. ..."
4. The Protozoa by Gary Nathan Calkins (1901)
"The encysted animal, however, is carried to the exterior with the faeces of the
host, and sporulation is outside of the host ..."
5. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1898)
"The possession of this power of sporulation is of immense advantage to the ...
The necessity for a free exposure to oxygen explains why sporulation never ..."
6. Text-book of Bacteriology by Carl Fraenkel (1891)
"... Structure, Formation of Groups, Flagella, Powers of Resistance of Spores,
Multiplication of Bacteria, sporulation, Varieties of Spore-formation, ..."
7. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Canadian Institute (1849-1914). (1899)
"V.—BUDDING AND sporulation. In the process of budding a portion of the, cytoplasm
is forced into a diverticulum of the cell membrane, the quantity at first ..."
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