Biology:Blastospore

From HandWiki
Revision as of 10:53, 28 October 2022 by Wincert (talk | contribs) (add)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
blastospore and other structures of Candida albicans
Candida pseudohyphae, chlamydospores and blastospores.

A blastospore is an asexual fungal spore produced by budding. Produced by fungi within the phylum Glomeromycota and others. It is also known as a blastoconidium (plural = blastoconidia).

An example of a fungus that forms blastospores is Candida albicans.

References