a nonmotile asexual spore produced by certain algae and fungi
Word origin
C20: from a-1 + Greek planos wandering + spore
Examples of 'aplanospore' in a sentence
aplanospore
However, in addition to the aplanospore stage, this alga can produce astaxanthin in vegetative palmelloid and motile macrozooid cells.
Thomas O. Butler, Gordon J. McDougall, Raymond Campbell, Michele S. Stanley, JohnG. Day 2017, 'Media Screening for Obtaining Haematococcus pluvialis Red Motile Macrozooids Richin Astaxanthin and Fatty Acids', Biologyhttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/7/1/2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)