Definition of Encystment. Meaning of Encystment. Synonyms of Encystment

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Definition of Encystment

Encystment
Encystment En*cyst"ment, n. 1. (Biol.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc. Note: The animal (a) first contracts its body to a globular mass (b) and then secretes a transparent cyst (c), after which the mass divides into two or more parts (as in d e), each of which attains freedom by the bursting of the cyst, and becomes an individual animal. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.

Meaning of Encystment from wikipedia

- organisms, or microbes, possess the ability to enter this dormant state. Encystment, the process of cyst formation, can function as a method for dispersal...
- its metabolic rate, T. tubifex can survive drought and food shortage. Encystment may also function in the dispersal of the worm. They usually inhabit the...
- the ac****ulation of certain metabolic waste products, can also trigger encystment. When the encysted form of D. nasutum is exposed to a vigorous culture...
- release molecular hydrogen (H2). Encystment is when a protist becomes a dormant cyst with a cell wall; during encystment, the cyst has decreased complexity...
- Many dinoflagellates are meroplanktonic, undergoing a seasonal cycle of encystment and dormancy in the benthic zone followed by excystment and reproduction...
- “flask-shaped” holes in Gastrointestinal tract sections (GIT) Type of encystment Protective and Reproductive Lab diagnosis Most common is direct fecal...
- host, in search of a muscle cell in which to encyst. The migration and encystment of larvae can cause fever and pain, brought on by the host inflammatory...
- 1128/JB.87.3.684-689.1964. PMC 277071. PMID 14127586. Sadoff H. L. (1975). "Encystment and Germination in Azotobacter vinelandii". Microbiological Reviews. 39...
- primary spores, which develop into flagellated secondary zoospores after encystment. The secondary zoospores have two flagella each and can repeatedly encyst...
- rounded, and a mucous envelope is extruded. Also during this next stage of encystment, the conical structures formed in the cytoplasm attach to the outer layer...