rectiflexible

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adjective

Being straight spore chains consisting of rod-shaped spores.

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Meanings

adjectiverectiflexible (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineBeing straight spore chains consisting of rod-shaped spores.

    Three of the isolates produced chalky white aerial mycelium with straight to flexuous (rectiflexible) spore chains.

    1992, The Journal of Communicable Diseases, page 39
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    The FK-506-producing strain is characterized by a gray mycelium color, rectiflexible spore chains with smooth spore surfaces, nonchromogenicity, and a limited carbohydrate usage.

    1993, Vassil St Georgiev, Hideyo Yamaguchi, Immunomodulating Drugs, volume 685, page 14

    Spores are rod shaped and arranged in rectiflexible or straight chains comprising rod-shaped spores 0.5–0.8 m in diameter and 0.8–1.2 m long.

    2012, William B. Whitman, Michael Goodfellow, Peter Kämpfer, Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, volume 5

Origin

From recti- + flexible.

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