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<plant biology> Highly resistant dehydrated form of reproductive cell produced under conditions of environmental stress.
Usually have very resistant cell walls (integument) and low metabolic rate until activated. Bacterial spores may survive quite extraordinary extremes of temperature, dehydration or chemical insult. Gives rise to a new individual without fusion with another cell.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
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