filamentous

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Fungi establish deeply symbiotic relationships with trees and other plants through intricate underground networks of thread-like filamentous structures, which improve access to water and nutrients for the plants in exchange for carbohydrates.

From Salon

Finally, as acid slowly evaporates and sugars are used up, other species—including filamentous fungi and spore-forming Bacillus bacteria – take over.

From Scientific American

Finally, as acid slowly evaporates and sugars are used up, other species – including filamentous fungi and spore-forming Bacillus bacteria – take over.

From Salon

Some P. aeruginosa have integrated what are called filamentous phages into their genomes.

From Scientific American

Located some 70,000 light-years away, the bundle of stars has been shredded and stretched into a filamentous stream by the gravity of the Milky Way.

From Science Magazine