Sentence examples for hypha from inspiring English sources

Buds that are pinched off a hypha of a filamentous fungus behave as spores; that is, they germinate, each giving rise to a structure called a germ tube, which develops into a new hypha.

The hypha then begins to grow and branch, forming haustoria (special absorbing structures).

All efforts of the nematode to free itself fail, and a hypha, which grows out of one of the swollen ring cells at its point of contact with the worm, penetrates and branches within the animal's body, thereby killing the animal.

Once prey is captured, a penetration tube grows out of a hypha (one of the filaments that make up the body of a typical fungus) and enters the body of the prey.

In this process, a bud develops on the surface of either the yeast cell or the hypha, with the cytoplasm of the bud being continuous with that of the parent cell.

Once a passing animal is caught, a penetration tube grows out of a hypha and penetrates the host's soft body.

Gaps that size are too small for either roots or hyphae to penetrate, but they do permit the passage of water and dissolved chemicals.

If both hyphae and roots had been blocked throughout the experiment, though, the volatiles from uninfested plants actually attracted aphids (they spent 3½ minutes in the volatiles' chamber), while the wasps were indifferent.

The researchers who conducted this study knew that soil fungi whose hyphae are symbiotic with tomatoes (providing them with minerals in exchange for food) also form a network connecting one plant to another.

This can be penetrated by hyphae but not by roots.

Individually, hyphae are microscopic in size.