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spore
noun as in cell
noun as in germ
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Anthrax, or Bacillus anthracis, is spore-forming bacteria found in soil that most commonly affects cattle.
The CDC says that about 60 percent of the people who inhale the spore do not contract valley fever.
Spore, another spinoff, taught players about the randomly branching paths evolution can take.
Budding (as in yeast) and spore formation are familiar to us in plants.
At length a hard coat forms around this cell, which has now become a spore.
Thus the spore of the sun—the whispering spheres—found a set of conditions fitted for growth.
This destroys the resisting power of the spore membrane and allows the stain to reach the interior.
This dissolves out any fat or crystals that might otherwise retain the "spore" stain.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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