Hormogonia are motile filaments of cells formed by some cyanobacteria in the order Nostocales and Stigonematales. They are formed during asexual reproduction in unicellular, filamentous cyanobacteria some contain heterocysts and akinetes. Cyanobacteria differentiate into hormogonia when exposed to an environmental stress or when placed in new medi...
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• (n.) A chain of small cells in certain algae, by which the plant is propogated.
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A motile segment of a filamentous cyanobacteria, usually involved in dispersal.
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Hor`mo·go·ni'um noun [ New Latin , from Greek ...a chain + ... generation.]
(Botany) A chain of small cells in certain algæ, by which the plant is propagated.
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