nonseptate

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nonseptate

[‚nän′sep‚täts]

(mycology)

coencytic

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Numerous fungi in the form of spores and refractile nonseptate hyphae were seen (Figures 5).

Mucormycosis of maxilla

Specifically, permanent sections confirmed the presence of broad-branching, nonseptate hyphae with extensive tissue necrosis and ulceration, as seen with invasive disease (figure 2).

An atypical case of fatal zygomycosis: simultaneous cutaneous and laryngeal infection in a patient with a non-neutropenic solid prostatic tumor

Hyphae may be nonseptate (consists of one long, continuous cell not divided into individual compartments) or septate (consists of cross walls that divide the hyphae into individual compartments) (Figure 5-5).

Chapter 5 fungal zoonoses

Because the endophyte in planta is nonseptate (Hinton and Bacon, 1985), it is possible the endophyte can mobilize vital components (proteins, carbohydrates, etc.

Temperature influences on endophyte growth in tall fescue

The hyphae are broad (5-15 mm diameter), nonseptate, with irregular walls and 90[degrees] branches.

Pulmonary Pseudallescheria boydii infection with cutaneous zygomycosis after near drowning

1] He and his colleagues were working with a mutant that, after exposure to radiation, retained the ability to grow (into long, nonseptate, multinucleated filaments) but could no longer divide.

The use of cell-membrane fractions in anaerobic bacteriology An organic solution to a long-standing problem