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Cells > Spores > Spores, Protozoan > Oocysts
Organism Forms > Spores > Spores, Protozoan > Oocysts
Organism Forms > Life Cycle Stages > Oocysts
... > Physiological Phenomena > Growth and Development > Morphogenesis > Metamorphosis, Biological > Life Cycle Stages > Oocysts

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Oocysts  

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  • Zygote-containing cysts of sporozoan protozoa. Further development in an oocyst produces small individual infective organisms called SPOROZOITES. Then, depending on the genus, the entire oocyst is called a sporocyst or the oocyst contains multiple sporocysts encapsulating the sporozoites.

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