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Mar 8, 2006 02:53
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condia
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Is the plural form of condium is "condia"?
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Michael Lotz
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| 4 +2 | Condia/conidia is the plural of condium/conidium |
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English term (edited):
conidium
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conidia
perhaps misspelling of conidium , whose plual is conidia.
= spore produced asexually of fungi at tip of specialized hypha
= spore produced asexually of fungi at tip of specialized hypha
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swisstell
: see www.denniskunkel.com/DK/DK/Fungi_and_Slime_Molds/23570A.htm...
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thanks SwissTell
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Lingo Pros
: At times an intentional misspelling! :-)
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thanks Lingo. But why intentionally?
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Morad Safe (X)
: Lingo, u took the word right from my tip of tongue.
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thanks Morad
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Isodynamia
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thanks Constantina
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Walter Landesman
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thank you Walter
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Piotr Sawiec
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Eckhard Boehle
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Jörgen Slet
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Condia/conidia is the plural of condium/conidium
Condia: 49,200 results on Google (as it is also a surname)
Conidia: 471,000 results
Condium: 229
Conidium: 79,500
Condia/condium seems to be shortened form for conidia/conidium used in some academic documents. If having a choice, better to go with the latter.
http://www.racerocks.com/fungi/ergot.htm
http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3bio/bio335/lectures/lecture_sl...
http://woek.boku.ac.at/coret/research/YREP-2002-02.pdf
Conidia: 471,000 results
Condium: 229
Conidium: 79,500
Condia/condium seems to be shortened form for conidia/conidium used in some academic documents. If having a choice, better to go with the latter.
http://www.racerocks.com/fungi/ergot.htm
http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/~w3bio/bio335/lectures/lecture_sl...
http://woek.boku.ac.at/coret/research/YREP-2002-02.pdf
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