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germ tube

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germ tube
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany a tube produced by a germinating spore, such as the pollen tube produced by a pollen grain
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Noun1.germ tube - (botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination
phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants
plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus


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Inhibition of serum induced germ tube formation in Candida albicans (ATCC 10231) was grown in yeast extract peptone dextrose (YPD) broth (Hi-Media Laboratories Pvt.
In addition to variation in trehalose assimilation rates, 3-4 distinct types were apparent in the germ tube test.
Sphaeroplasts from some fungi have been prepared by digesting the germ tube cell wall more successfully than digesting the spore wall itself.
 
 
 
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