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mycetocyte Zool.|maɪˈsiːtəʊsaɪt|
[ad. G. mycetocyt (K. Šulc 1911, in Sitzungsber. d. k. böhm. Ges. f. Wissensch. (Math.-Natur. Classe) Jahrg. 1910 iii. 10): see myceto- and -cyte.]
Any of the large cells found in some insects, either aggregated into a mycetome or not, which contain symbiotic micro-organisms, esp. yeasts.
1924Philippine Jrnl. Sci. XXIV. 157 In this species there are no specialized ‘mycetoms’ or ‘mycetocytes’, as in the aphids. 1946E. A. Steinhaus Insect Microbiol. iv. 198 The number of mycetocytes present in each individual aphid ranges from about 60 to 70. 1952Science 25 Apr. 459/1 All aphids, except very old ones, contain numerous large cells in the body cavity (mycetocytes) containing many more or less spherical intracellular particles. 1973W. S. Romoser Sci. Entomol. iii. 72 In many cases the microbes present are passed from generation to generation. In some insects in which this occurs specialized cells, mycetocytes, and the tissues composed of these cells, mycetomes, can be found associated with the gut, fat body, or, appropriately, the gonads. |