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...
- brown algae (zoospores and gametes), oomycetes (****exual zoospores and gametes), hyphochytrids (zoospores), labyrinthulomycetes (zoospores), some chrysophytes...
- portion of its life cycle. The encysted zoospores develop into zoosporangia, which may produce more zoospores that can reinfect the host, or be released...
- B. dendrobatidis, a waterborne pathogen, dis****s zoospores into the environment. The zoospores use flagella for locomotion through water systems until...
- brown algae (zoospores and gametes), oomycetes (****exual zoospores and gametes), hyphochytrids (zoospores), labyrinthulomycetes (zoospores), some apicomplexans...
- with zoospores. For most members of Chytridiomycota, ****ual reproduction is not known. A****ual reproduction occurs through the release of zoospores (presumably)...
- flagella) zoospores formed by the thousands inside a cell. However, the zoospores hardly move, as they are packed very densely. The zoospores form a cell...
- reproduce a****ually. Zoospores are flagellate and can move, whereas aplanospores and autospores are aflagellate. Aplanospores and zoospores are produced endogenously...
- ****ually by formation of sporangia and release of motile zoospores. These motile zoospores then settle and penetrate the frustule of a new diatom host...
- 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...