Definition of sporulate in English:
sporulate
verb ˈspɒrjʊleɪtˈspôryəˌlāt
[no object]Biology Produce or form a spore or spores.
many fungi grow and sporulate satisfactorily on potato-extract agar
Example sentencesExamples
- Although sporulation is a clear indication of diploidy, the absence of sporulation is uninformative since some diploids sporulate at very low frequencies.
- The alternative procedure, spore segregation, is impractical for hyperyellow mycelia that sporulate very poorly or not at all.
- When the flowers form, the fungus again sporulates and starts the cycle again.
- Only 6% of zygotic cells complete meiosis and sporulate.
- Transformants were induced to sporulate and the resulting tetrads were dissected to generate homozygous deletions.
Derivatives
noun
Biology This may represent further oxidative damage to the plant tissue, but it is also possible that it is related to fungal growth and the onset of sporulation.
Example sentencesExamples
- In many of these studies fungal propagules showed sensitivity, but some exhibited enhanced sporulation in response to elevated UV-B radiation.
- He has authored more than 70 articles on subjects including bacterial sporulation, biological indicators, package integrity, and medical devices.
- Relative rates of sporulation will be examined in the future.
- Thus, both tagged proteins could support initiation of meiotic recombination at a temperature commonly used for sporulation of laboratory strains.