Definition of Zoospores. Meaning of Zoospores. Synonyms of Zoospores

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Definition of Zoospores

Zoospore
Zoospore o"["o]*spore, n. [Zo["o]- + spore.] 1. (Bot.) A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zo["o]spores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, alg[ae]. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozo["o]spores and the smaller microzo["o]spores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore. 2. (Zo["o]l.) See Swarmspore.
zoospore
Swarmspore Swarm"spore`, n. 1. (Bot.) One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies, produced asexually by certain alg[ae] and fungi; a zo["o]spore. 2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the sporulation of a protozoan; -- called also zo["o]spore.

Meaning of Zoospores from wikipedia

- common feature of zoospores is their asymmetrical shape; a result of the ventral grove housing the flagella base. Certain zoospores progress through different...
- with zoospores. For most members of Chytridiomycota, ****ual reproduction is not known. A****ual reproduction occurs through the release of zoospores (presumably)...
- portion of its life cycle. The encysted zoospores develop into zoosporangia, which may produce more zoospores that can reinfect the host, or be released...
- estuaries. It obtains nutrients from the host alga and produces swimming zoospores that must survive in open water, a low nutrient environment, until a new...
- involves the formation of chlamydospores and sporangia, producing motile zoospores. Oomycetes occupy both saprophytic and pathogenic lifestyles, and include...
- brown algae (zoospores and gametes), oomycetes (****exual zoospores and gametes), hyphochytrids (zoospores), labyrinthulomycetes (zoospores), some chrysophytes...
- B. dendrobatidis, a waterborne pathogen, dis****s zoospores into the environment. The zoospores use flagella for locomotion through water systems until...
- It is used in the Engler system. A****ual reproduction takes place by zoospores (motile) or by Aplanospores (non-motile). These spores are endogenously...
- brown algae (zoospores and gametes), oomycetes (****exual zoospores and gametes), hyphochytrids (zoospores), labyrinthulomycetes (zoospores), some apicomplexans...
- produce a****ual zoospores to colonize new substrates. In some species, a curious phenomenon has been observed in the a****ual zoospores. From time to time...