hemiamyloid

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adjective

Describes an element of the cell wall that does not directly stain blue with iodine reagents added to a water preparation, but only when it has been pretreated with potassium hydroxide solution (KOH).

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Meanings

adjectivehemiamyloid (comparative more hemiamyloid, superlative most hemiamyloid)

comparative more hemiamyloid · superlative most hemiamyloid

  1. biologyDescribes an element of the cell wall that does not directly stain blue with iodine reagents added to a water preparation, but only when it has been pretreated with potassium hydroxide solution (KOH).

    Fuscopannaria and Moelleropsis share important characters like the hemiamyloid reaction of the hymenium and the amyloid tube structure of the ascus apex.

    2002 June, Ekman, Stefan, Jørgensen, Per Magnus, “Towards a molecular phylogeny for the lichen family Pannariaceae (Lecanorales, Ascomycota)”, in Canadian Journal of Botany, volume 80, number 6, page 632

Origin

From hemi- + amyloid.

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