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smoniloid = having swellings at regular intervals<br />

like a string <strong>of</strong> beads<br />

monotrichous = (<strong>of</strong> bacteria) having one<br />

polar flagellum<br />

mucronate = pointed; ending in a short,<br />

sharp point<br />

mycelium = a mass or group <strong>of</strong> hyphae<br />

making up the thallus <strong>of</strong> a fungus<br />

mycoplasma = genus to which microorganisms<br />

with a unit membrane and no rigid<br />

cell wall belongs<br />

obclavate = the shape <strong>of</strong> a club upside<br />

down, thickened towards the base<br />

obligate aerobe = an organism that always<br />

needs oxygen for its growth<br />

obligate parasite = an organism that can<br />

obtain food only from living protoplasm;<br />

it cannot be grown in culture on<br />

nonliving media<br />

obligate saprobe = an organism that must<br />

obtain its food from dead organic matter<br />

and is incapable <strong>of</strong> infecting another<br />

living organism<br />

osmophilic = growing under conditions <strong>of</strong><br />

high osmotic pressure, as some yeast<br />

on concentrated sugar solutions<br />

ostiole = opening <strong>of</strong> a true perithecium or a<br />

pycnidium, ending in a pore<br />

parasite = an organism that lives at the<br />

expense <strong>of</strong> another, usually invading it<br />

and causing disease; an oganism that<br />

obtains its food or nutrients wholly or in<br />

part from another living organism, usually<br />

<strong>of</strong> a different species<br />

pathogen = an organism able to cause disease<br />

perfect stage = the sexual stage <strong>of</strong> a fungus;<br />

the state <strong>of</strong> a life cycle in which<br />

spores(such as ascospores and<br />

basidiophores) are formed after nuclear<br />

fusion or by parthenogenesis<br />

peritrichous = having flagella all over the<br />

surface<br />

petri dish = (named after R.J. Petri, a German<br />

scientist): a glass container consisting<br />

<strong>of</strong> a circular, flat dish with vertical<br />

sides, and a similar but slightly<br />

larger cover that fits over it; standard<br />

equipment for growing microorganisms<br />

in pure culture<br />

phialide = a type <strong>of</strong> conidiogenous cell that<br />

produces blastic conidia in a basipetal<br />

fashion without detectably increasing in<br />

length<br />

phytopathogenic = organisms characteristically<br />

either parasites <strong>of</strong> leaving plants<br />

or saprobes <strong>of</strong> plant material<br />

pionnote = (<strong>of</strong> Fusarium ) a spore mass having<br />

a fat- or greaselike appearance<br />

polytretic = tretic with several channels or<br />

pores<br />

predisposition = state or condition resulting<br />

from the act <strong>of</strong> inclining or conditioning<br />

beforehand, giving a tendency to, a propensity<br />

for<br />

prokaryote = a cellular organism that does<br />

not have a distinct nucleus (e.g., bacterium<br />

or blue-green alga)<br />

promycelia = a hypha <strong>of</strong> restricted growth<br />

bearing basidiospores, the epibasidium<br />

<strong>of</strong> the rusts and smuts<br />

pronotum = the upper or dorsal surface <strong>of</strong><br />

the prothorax<br />

propagule = any unit in service <strong>of</strong> propagation,<br />

such as spore, sclerotium,<br />

mycelial fragment, etc.<br />

pseudoseptum = a pluglike partition <strong>of</strong><br />

cellulin or other substance in a hypha,<br />

resembling a septum (pl.pseudosepta)<br />

pulverulent = powdered; as if powdered<br />

over<br />

pycnidia = an asexual, hollow fruiting body<br />

in which conidia are produced, characteristic<br />

<strong>of</strong> Sphaeropsidales<br />

pyriform = pearlike in form<br />

resistance = the power <strong>of</strong> a host to overcome,<br />

completely or in some degree,<br />

the effect <strong>of</strong> a pathogen or damaging<br />

factor<br />

reticulate = having the form <strong>of</strong> a net; covered<br />

with netlike ridges<br />

rhizoid = a short, thin branch <strong>of</strong> thallus,<br />

superficially resembling a root<br />

rust = a disease caused by one <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Uredinales; also a rust fungus<br />

sagittate = shaped like an arrowhead<br />

saprophyte = an organism using dead organic<br />

material as food and commonly<br />

causing its decay<br />

sclerotium = a resting body <strong>of</strong> variable size<br />

composed <strong>of</strong> a hard mass <strong>of</strong> hyphae,<br />

with or without host tissue, from which<br />

fruit bodies, stromata, conidiophores,<br />

or mycelia may develop<br />

septate = with more or less regularly occurring<br />

cross walls<br />

septum = a cross wall in a hypha<br />

(pl. septa)<br />

seta = a bristlelike hair (pl.setae)<br />

sexual reproduction = reproduction involving<br />

nuclear fusion and meiosis<br />

slant = sterile agar media in test tubes<br />

congealed in slanting position<br />

slurry (<strong>seed</strong> treatment) = application <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>seed</strong> treatment fungicide by making<br />

watery paste <strong>of</strong> fungicide in a treatment<br />

jar (wide mouthed), <strong>seed</strong>s are poured<br />

in, covered, and shaken vigorously or<br />

jar is placed in roll mill for 5-10 min<br />

until the slurry is taken up evenly by the<br />

<strong>seed</strong> surfaces<br />

smut = a disease caused by one <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Ustilaginales; also a smut fungus<br />

solitary = arising singly at one point<br />

spermatium = a nonmotile, sporelike gamete,<br />

e.g., a pycniospore in rust fungi or<br />

a microconidium in Discomycete<br />

spinulose = covered with little spines<br />

spiracle = an apparatus for breathing; any<br />

<strong>of</strong> the small openings <strong>of</strong> the tracheal<br />

respiratory system in most terrestrial<br />

arthropods<br />

sporangiophore = a hypha that bears a<br />

sporangium<br />

sporangiospore = a spore borne within a<br />

sporangium<br />

sporangium = a saclike structure, the entire<br />

protoplasmic contents <strong>of</strong> which become<br />

converted into an indefinite number <strong>of</strong><br />

spores (pl. sporangia)<br />

spore = a minute propagative unit functioning<br />

as a <strong>seed</strong> but differing from it in<br />

that a spore does not contain a preformed<br />

embryo<br />

sporidium = spore produced on the<br />

promycelium or basidium <strong>of</strong> smuts and<br />

rusts<br />

sporiferous = carrying spores<br />

sporodochium = a pulvinate stroma with<br />

closely packed, relatively short<br />

conidiophores<br />

sporulation = producing spores or arrangement<br />

<strong>of</strong> produced spores<br />

sterigma = a small hyphal branch or structure<br />

which supports a sporangium, a<br />

conidium, or a basidiospore (pl.<br />

sterigmata)<br />

sterigose = having stiff hairs or bristles<br />

systemic = (<strong>of</strong> a plant pathogen) occurring<br />

throughout the plant; (<strong>of</strong> a chemical)<br />

absorbed into the plant through roots or<br />

foliage<br />

teleomorph = the perfect stage or sexual<br />

stage <strong>of</strong> fungi<br />

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