Arthrospore

n.	1.	(Bacteriol.) A bacterial resting cell, - formerly considered a spore, but now known to occur even in endosporous bacteria.
	2.	one of the small conidia occurring arranged in chains in certain fungi. Called also oidium.

Noun	1.	arthrospore - a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria
	2.	arthrospore - one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi

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