spherelike

spherelike

(ˈsfɪəˌlaɪk)
adj
relating to or resembling spheres
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Catchmark, "Formation and characterization of spherelike bacterial cellulose particles produced by acetobacter xylinum JCM 9730 strain," Biomacromolecules, vol.
Experiments were performed using chondrocytes encapsulated in alginate beads, a matrix in which chondrocytes grow in spherelike bodies of associated cells, where EGFP-expressing cells could be visualised (Figure 4(b)).
For Bti, fraction 3 had the highest content of polypeptide and spherelike PIBs (relative to spore number) (Figure 5C, fraction 3, and 5D).
Most of us now want to know a handful of additional numbers: t, the age of the universe; [[Omega].sub.m], the density of matter in all forms (normalized to the amount that would just stop the expansion in infinite time); [[Omega].sub.b], the density of the sort of matter we are made of, from hydrogen to uranium; K, the curvature of space (spherelike, flat, or saddlelike); [[Omega].sub.A], Einstein's infamous cosmological constant (again normalized); and the amplitude and slope of the spectrum of primordial bumps and wiggles that grew into superclusters and voids in the distribution of galaxies we see.