(from the article `algae`) ...classes of algae in the division Chromophyta have mucous organelles that secrete slime. Gonyostomum semen, a freshwater member of the class ...
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<microbiology> Small membrane bounded vesicular organelle in pellicle of ciliate protozoans that will discharge a mucus like secretion. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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Small membrane-bounded vesicular organelle in pellicle of ciliate protozoans that will discharge a mucus-like secretion.
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mucocyst A saclike extension below the pellicle of certain ciliates with a mucoid content that is expelled upon stimulation to form a protective covering. The mucocyst originates in the endoplasm (the inner, more fluid layer of cytoplasm in a cell).
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