Nonspore

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something (generally an organism) which is not a spore.

    "After 2 days incubation at 22°C, sterile 3% cemulsol NP12 (Rhone-Polenc) is added to 0.3% to kill all nonspores. After 2 hours the cell residues are scraped off the plate with a silicone rubber scraper and centrifuged at 500 g x 10 min."

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"After 2 days incubation at 22°C, sterile 3% cemulsol NP12 (Rhone-Polenc) is added to 0.3% to kill all nonspores. After 2 hours the cell residues are scraped off the plate with a silicone rubber scraper and centrifuged at 500 g x 10 min."

Etymology

From non- + spore.

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