arthrospore

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1. an isolated vegetative cell that has passed into a resting state, occurring in bacteria and not regarded as a true spore.
2. one of a number of spores of various fungi and certain blue-green algae, united in the form of a string of beads, formed by fission.

noun

1. a sporelike cell of ascomycetous fungi and some algae produced by a breaking of the hyphae
2. a resting sporelike cell produced by some bacteria

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