Blastospore
A blastospore is an asexual fungal spore produced by budding. Produced by fungi within the phylum Glomeromycota and others. It is also known as a blastoconidium (plural = blastoconidia.)
An example of a fungus that forms blastospores is Candida albicans.
References
- "blastospore definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta". Archived from the original on 2009-10-31.
- http://www.bartelby.com/61/65/B0316500.html
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.