- an isolated vegetative cell that has passed into a resting state, occurring in bacteria and not regarded as a true spore.
- one of a number of spores of various fungi and cyanobacteria, united in the form of a string of beads, formed by fission.
- a sporelike cell of ascomycetous fungi and some algae produced by a breaking of the hyphae
- a resting sporelike cell produced by some bacteria
