nonspore

English

Etymology

non- +‎ spore

Noun

nonspore (plural nonspores)

1. Something (generally an organism) which is not a spore.
   • 1987, Dictyostelium Discoideum: Molecular Approaches to Cell Biology, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 443:

     After 2 days incubation at 22°C, sterile 3% cemulsol NP12 (Rhone-Polenc) is added to 0.3% to kill all nonspores. After 2 hours the cell residues are scraped off the plate with a silicone rubber scraper and centrifuged at 500 g x 10 min.

   • 1998, National Research Council, […] , Review of Mass Spectrometry and Bioremediation Programs of the Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center (National Academies Press, →ISBN), page 25:

     It was only able to differentiate proteins from nonproteins and spores from nonspores. An improved version of the instrument has been developed by Bruker-Franzen (Germany), but because of its shortcomings, Oak Ridge National Laboratory [...]

   • 2016, Mohammad Miransari, Environmental Stresses in Soybean Production: Soybean Production, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 15:

     The bacteria in the forms of nonspores are able to survive under stress by the production of biofilms (Fujishige et al., 2006, 2008), which are a community of surface-attached rhizobium (single or multiple species) [...]