coenocytic
(adjective)
a multinucleate cell that can result from multiple nuclear divisions without their accompanying cytokinesis
Examples of coenocytic in the following topics:
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Glomeromycota
- They have coenocytic hyphae and reproduce asexually, producing glomerospores.
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Chytridiomycota: The Chytrids
- Most chytrids are unicellular; a few form multicellular organisms and hyphae, which have no septa between cells (coenocytic).
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Zygomycota: The Conjugated Fungi
- Zygomycetes have a thallus of coenocytic hyphae in which the nuclei are haploid when the organism is in the vegetative stage.
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Fungi Cell Structure and Function
- Instead, they are formed by large cells containing many nuclei, an arrangement described as coenocytic hyphae ( b).
- Fungal hyphae may be (a) septated or (b) coenocytic (coeno- = "common"; -cytic = "cell") with many nuclei present in a single hypha.