filamentation

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English[edit]

A bacterial cell that has undergone filamentation following antibiotic treatment (top right of image)

Etymology[edit]

filament +‎ -ation

Noun[edit]

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filamentation (countable and uncountable, plural filamentations)

  1. The growth of filaments.
  2. (biology) An anomalous growth of certain bacteria in which they continue to elongate but do not divide.
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