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auxospore
/ ˈɔːksəˌspɔː /
noun
- a diatom cell before its silicaceous cell wall is formed
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In conjugation, two cells open and secrete a gelatinous mass from which an auxospore is formed.
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In the figure one valve alone of the auxospore is seen, the opposite valve not being in focus.
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The valves of the auxospore are usually more or less arcuate, as in Cymbella, to which the genus is closely allied.
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The sagittal plane of the valve of the auxospore is at right angles to the plane of the valve of the mother cell.
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On the diminution in size having reached a limit in any species, the maximum size is regained by the formation of an auxospore.
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