Usually means: Specialized, dormant, thick-walled cyanobacterial cell.
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▸ noun:  (biology) A thick-walled, dormant cell found in cyanobacteria and green algae

Similar:
aerotope, cyanophyte, akinate, hypnoblast, proheterocyst, cytode, heterocyst, heterocyte, necridia, cyanobacterium, more...

Opposite:
non-akinete, motile, vegetative, active, mobile

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Similar:
aerotope, cyanophyte, akinate, hypnoblast, proheterocyst, cytode, heterocyst, heterocyte, necridia, cyanobacterium, more...

Opposite:
non-akinete, motile, vegetative, active, mobile



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