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Unicellular vs Desmid - What's the difference?

unicellular | desmid |

As nouns the difference between unicellular and desmid

is that unicellular is a single-celled organism; a unicell while desmid is any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.

As an adjective unicellular

is describing any microorganism that has a single cell.

unicellular

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (biology) Describing any microorganism that has a single cell

    • Related terms

    * multicellular

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A single-celled organism; a unicell.
  • * 1931 , Ezra Bowen, An hypothesis of population growth?
    • Among unicellulars , the rate of increase is beyond belief.
  • * 1986 , Johan A J Metz, O Diekmann, The dynamics of physiologically structured populations?
    • In unicellulars the uncoupling of the various nutritional and energy sources is much more widely spread.
  • * 2006 , J Arthur Thomson, Heredity?
    • More or less distinct specialisation of reproductive elements in some unicellulars .

    desmid

    English

    (Desmidiales)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.
  • * 1981', Alan J. Brook, ''The Biology of Desmids'', University of California Press, ''Botanical Monographs'' ' 16 , page 1
    • Desmids , which are exclusively freshwater algae, are so named because the first of these green microorganisms to be described were thought to be pairs of cells joined together, and the Greek word 'desmos' means a bond or chain.

    Related terms

    * desmidian

    See also

    * (Desmidiales)