sporophorocyst

English

Noun

sporophorocyst (plural sporophorocysts)

1. A vesicle, in microsporidians, that contain sporoblasts and spores.
   • 2015 August 6, “Description of the Microsporidian Parasite, Heterosporis sutherlandae n. sp., Infecting Fish in the Great Lakes Region, USA”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The characteristic feature of the genus Heterosporis is the presence of a dense solid wall sporophorocyst, which encloses all developmental stages (meronts, sporonts, sporophorous vesicles with sporoblasts, and spores) of the parasite as observed under an electron microscope.