verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈsporuˌlated or ˈsporuˌlating
to undergo sporulation
Word origin
sporule + -ate1
sporulate in American English
(ˈspɔrjəˌleit, ˈspɑr-)
intransitive verbWord forms: -lated, -lating
Biology
to produce spores
Derived forms
sporulation
noun
Word origin
[1880–85; sporule + -ate1]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: automatism, barnstorm, highball, interface, pari-mutuel-ate is a suffix occurring in loanwords from Latin, its English distribution parallelingthat of Latin. The form originated as a suffix added to a- stem verbs to form adjectives (separate). The resulting form could also be used independently as a noun (advocate) and came to be used as a stem on which a verb could be formed (separate; advocate; agitate). In English the use as a verbal suffix has been extended to stems of non-Latin origin(calibrate; acierate)
Examples of 'sporulate' in a sentence
sporulate
However, some fungal species do not readily sporulate in pure culture.
N. Luchi, P. Capretti, P. Bonello 2007, 'Production of Diplodia scrobiculata and Diplodia pinea pycnidiaon ground Austrian pine needle agar medium', Phytopathologia Mediterraneahttp://www.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/2157. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Although myxomycetes sporulate throughout the year, some species have well-defined sporulation seasons.
Antônia Aurelice Aurélio Costa, Andrea Carla Caldas Bezerra, Vitor Xavier de Lima,Laise de Holanda Cavalcanti 2014, 'Diversity of myxomycetes in an environmentally protected area of Atlantic Forest innortheastern Brazil', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062014000300018&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The pathogen also developed haustoria in crr1 mesophyll cells, but failed to sporulate.
Jing Zhao, Yuheng Yang, Donghe Yang, Yulin Cheng, Min Jiao, Gangming Zhan, HongchangZhang, Junyi wang, Kai Zhou, Lili Huang, Zhensheng Kang 2016, 'Characterization and Genetic Analysis of Rice Mutant crr1 Exhibiting Compromised NonhostResistance to Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst)', Frontiers in Plant Sciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01822/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Microgamonts and microgametes could not be observed and oocysts did not sporulate under air supply.
Hong Chen, Stefanie Wiedmer, Sacha Hanig, Rolf Entzeroth, Michael Kurth 2013, 'Development of Eimeria nieschulzi (Coccidia, Apicomplexa) Gamonts and Oocysts in PrimaryFetal Rat Cells', Journal of Parasitology Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/591520. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Most oocysts sporulate within the epithelial cells of the gut, but a few were detected in the lamina propria.
I. Paperna, R. Lainson 1995, 'Schellackia (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) of the brazilian tree-frog, Phrynohyas venulosa(Amphibia: Anura) from Amazonian Brazil', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761995000500008. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Via saprophytic utilization of nutrients, the bacteria rapidly sporulate, creating a reservoir of highly robust spores.
Mari eEspelund, Dag eKlaveness 2014, 'Botulism outbreaks in natural environments — an update', Frontiers in Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00287/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)