Asporogenous
Definition
Not producing spores, not reproducing through spores, or belonging to a species of microorganisms lacking the capacity to generate resistance endospores; an adjective used in bacteriology to classify vegetative bacteria (such as asporogenous forms) that are sensitive to heat and disinfectants, as opposed to sporogenous bacteria.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Asporogenous
- Non-spore-forming
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Variable adjective with standard masculine, feminine, and structural plural variations. |
| Formation | Scientific compound built from the prefixoid 'asporo-' and the classical product-denoting suffix '-genous'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [æ.spə.ˈrɒ.dʒə.nəs] |
| Source | Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology and Academic Glossary |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Această bacterie asporogenă este distrusă rapid prin procesul de pasteurizare la temperaturi de peste șaizeci de grade.
EN: This asporogenous bacterium is rapidly destroyed through the pasteurization process at temperatures above sixty degrees.
RO: Biologii au izolat o tulpină mutantă asporogenă în laborator pentru a studia sensibilitatea celulară la radiații.
EN: Biologists isolated a mutant asporogenous strain in the laboratory to study cellular sensitivity to radiation.
RO: Spre deosebire de bacilii de tip rezistent, drojdia analizată este o specie complet asporogenă în acest mediu nutritiv.
EN: Unlike the resistant-type bacilli, the analyzed yeast is a completely non-spore-forming species in this nutrient medium.
Idioms & Phrases
Tulpină asporogenă / Asporogenous strain
RO: Variantă genetică a unui microorganism care a pierdut capacitatea naturală de a parcurge ciclul de sporulare.
EN: A genetic variant of a microorganism that has lost its natural capacity to undergo the sporulation cycle.
Bacterii asporogene / Non-spore-forming bacteria
RO: Grupaj extins de microbi vegetativi care sunt vulnerabili la factorii externi din cauza lipsei unui înveliș protector.
EN: An extended group of vegetative microbes that are vulnerable to external factors due to the lack of a protective coating.
Mutant asporogen / Asporogenous mutant
RO: Organism celular care a suferit o modificare la nivelul ADN-ului, blocând sinteza proteinelor specifice sporilor.
EN: A cellular organism that has undergone a DNA modification, blocking the synthesis of spore-specific proteins.
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