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Coenobium or coenobia may refer to : Cenobitic monasticism (Cenobium, Cenobite), a monastic community in a tradition stressing communal life, as opposite to eremitism Coenobium (morphology) , a colony of cells, notably in algae
Coptic icon of Pachomius the Great, the founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism. Cenobitic (or coenobitic) monasticism is a monastic tradition that stresses community life. . Often in the West the community belongs to a religious order, and the life of the cenobitic monk is regulated by a religious rule, a collection of precep
Coenocyte of Sphaeroforma arctica Botrydium, showing a coenocytic body. A coenocyte (/ ˈ s iː n ə ˌ s aɪ t /) is a multinucleate cell which can result from multiple nuclear divisions without their accompanying cytokinesis, in contrast to a syncytium, which results from cellular aggregation followed by dissolution of the cell membranes inside the mass. [1]
The diameter of a single coenobium ranges from 20 to 80 μm, making them microalgae. Cells in Pediastrum are dimorphic, consisting of interior cells and peripheral cells, distinguished by their position in the colony and by their shape. Some species have inter-cellular spaces between their interior cells.
The subunits of colonial organisms can be unicellular, as in the alga Volvox (a coenobium), or multicellular, as in the phylum Bryozoa. Colonial organisms may have been the first step toward multicellular organisms. [9] Individuals within a multicellular colonial organism may be called ramets, modules, or zooids.
It has been proposed that the remains of a large coenobium found in Deir e-Nuserat (or Nuseirat) can be identified with the monastery of Seridus due to its location. [1] This monastery had a courtyard surrounded by halls and numerous rooms, including a bathhouse and a hospice. There was also a church with polychrome mosaic pavement and a crypt.
coenobium An arranged colony of algae that acts like a single organism. coenocyte A single cell with multiple nuclei, formed when nuclear division was not followed by cytokinesis. coleoptile One type of sheath in the structure of monocotyledon ous seeds.
Neodesmus is a genus of green algae in the family Scenedesmaceae. [2]Neodesmus consists of colonies of two cells, termed coenobia (plural of coenobium); these coenobia may be further arranged in a structured called a syncoenobium surrounded by a mucilage envelope.