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CENOBE [1 record]

Record 1 1978-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Histology
DEF

A usually spherical colony of unicellular organisms surrounded by a common investment; esp: a colony having a definite number and specific arrangement of cells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histologie
CONT

Les cénobes peuvent être très simples et formés d'un petit nombre de cellules. C'est le cas du Gonium pectorale qui forme des cénobes dont les cellules (4 à 16) sont unies latéralement pour former un disque incurvé en verre de montre.

Spanish

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