Germ tube

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Germ tube

A germ tube is an outgrowth produced by certain species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
of spore-releasing fungi (sporangia) during germination

Germination

Germination is the process whereby growth emerges from a period of dormancy. The most common example of germination is the sprouting of a seedling from a seed of an flowering plant or gymnosperm....
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The germ tube differentiates, grows, and develops by mitosis

Mitosis

Mitosis is the process in which a eukaryotic cell separates the chromosomes in its cell nucleus, into two identical sets in two daughter nuclei....
to create a somatic hyphae

Somatic hyphae

The lifestage at which a fungus lives, grows, and develops, gathering nutrients and energy.The fungi uses this stage to proliferate itself through asexual reproductionly created mitotic spores....
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A germ tube is an outgrowth produced by certain species

Species

Germination

Mitosis

Mitosis is the process in which a eukaryotic cell separates the chromosomes in its cell nucleus, into two identical sets in two daughter nuclei....
to create a somatic hyphae

Somatic hyphae

The lifestage at which a fungus lives, grows, and develops, gathering nutrients and energy.The fungi uses this stage to proliferate itself through asexual reproductionly created mitotic spores....
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Germ tube

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