Oospore vs. Zoospore

Oosporenoun

(biology) A fertilized female zygote, having thick chitinous walls, that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi

Oosporenoun

A special kind of spore resulting from the fertilization of an oösphere by antherozoids.

Oosporenoun

a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi

Oospore

An oospore is a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae, fungi, and oomycetes. They are believed to have evolved either through the fusion of two species or the chemically-induced stimulation of mycelia, leading to oospore formation.In Oomycetes, oospores can also result from asexual reproduction, by apomixis.

Zoosporenoun

A motile asexual spore of some algae and fungi

Zoosporenoun

A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoöspores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algæ. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoöspores and the smaller microzoöspores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.

Zoosporenoun

See Swarmspore.

Zoosporenoun

an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella

Zoospore

A zoospore is a motile asexual spore that uses a flagellum for locomotion. Also called a swarm spore, these spores are created by some protists, bacteria, and fungi to propagate themselves.