Definition of Blastomycete

1. Noun. Any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals.

Generic synonyms: Fungus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blastomycete

blastogenic
blastoid
blastoidea
blastoids
blastolysis
blastolytic
blastoma
blastomas
blastomata
blastomere
blastomeres
blastomeric
blastomerotomy
blastomogenic
blastomyces
blastomycete (current term)
blastomycetic dermatitis
blastomycin
blastomycoses
blastomycosis
blastomycotic
blastoneuropore
blastophores
blastoporal
blastopores
blastoporic
blastoporic canal

Literary usage of Blastomycete

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of Animals by Veranus Alva Moore (1916)
"Fermi and Aruch described a disease in horses resembling glanders except that it did not affect the lungs, which was caused by a blastomycete. ..."

2. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1896)
"Besides the abundant saccharomyces or yeast (which, notwithstanding all that has been said, I believe to be a true blastomycete), numerous cocci and ..."

3. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1916)
"... lymphangitis of equines in certain tropical and subtropical countries, particularly South Africa, Algeria and Jamaica, is due to a blastomycete the ..."

4. Pathogenic microorganisms by William Hallock Park (1920)
"102) probably due to a similar blastomycete, since the lesions healed after treatment with potassium iodide. The description of the yeast isolated is too ..."

5. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1912)
"... it shows the characteristic budding, staining affinities and vacuolation or spore formation of a blastomycete, and it is found with considerable ..."

6. The Journal of Medical Research by American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists (1902)
"Osservazione ed esperimenti interno ad un blastomycete patogeno. II Policlinico, v., May, 1895. 22. Migula, W. System der Bakterien. 1897 and 1900. 23. ..."

7. Bacteriology by Arthur Isaac Kendall (1921)
"... isolated a blastomycete from milk, which produced gelatinous, tumor-like swellings and glandular enlargement when injected subcutaneously into ..."

8. The Pathology and Differential Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases of Animals by Veranus Alva Moore (1916)
"Fermi and Aruch described a disease in horses resembling glanders except that it did not affect the lungs, which was caused by a blastomycete. ..."

9. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1896)
"Besides the abundant saccharomyces or yeast (which, notwithstanding all that has been said, I believe to be a true blastomycete), numerous cocci and ..."

10. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association by American Veterinary Medical Association. (1916)
"... lymphangitis of equines in certain tropical and subtropical countries, particularly South Africa, Algeria and Jamaica, is due to a blastomycete the ..."

11. Pathogenic microorganisms by William Hallock Park (1920)
"102) probably due to a similar blastomycete, since the lesions healed after treatment with potassium iodide. The description of the yeast isolated is too ..."

12. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1912)
"... it shows the characteristic budding, staining affinities and vacuolation or spore formation of a blastomycete, and it is found with considerable ..."

13. The Journal of Medical Research by American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists (1902)
"Osservazione ed esperimenti interno ad un blastomycete patogeno. II Policlinico, v., May, 1895. 22. Migula, W. System der Bakterien. 1897 and 1900. 23. ..."

14. Bacteriology by Arthur Isaac Kendall (1921)
"... isolated a blastomycete from milk, which produced gelatinous, tumor-like swellings and glandular enlargement when injected subcutaneously into ..."

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