spore

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His journey with the spore started in 2022, when he and colleague Andrew Luzmore began collaborating with Hill-Maini, identifying various kitchen waste streams that might be good candidates for fermentation.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2024

For a mushroom to grow, a fungal spore has to set up shop on a surface and produce mycelia.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024

The spores were then spiked onto surgical scrubs and patient gowns, examined using scanning electron microscopes to establish if there were any morphological changes to the outer spore coat.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

IRVINE, Calif. — A drone flies over a peaceful Southern California marsh and unleashes a rain of larvae-killing bacterial spore pellets.

From Washington Times • Jun. 29, 2023

By 1945, milky spore disease was raging among the beetle populations of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson