Woronin body

English

Etymology

Named after the Russian botanist Mikhail Stepanovich Woronin.

Noun

Woronin body (plural Woronin bodies)

  1. (botany) An organelle found near the septae that divide hyphal compartments in filamentous Ascomycota, formed by budding from conventional peroxisomes.
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