A zoospore is a motile asexual spore that uses a flagellum for locomotion in aqueous or moist environments.[1] Also called a swarm spore, these spores are created by some protists, bacteria, and fungi to propagate themselves. Certain zoospores are infectious and transmittable,[1] such as Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, a fungal zoospore that causes high rates of mortality in amphibians.
- ^ a b O’Rourke, Dorcas P.; Rosenbaum, Matthew D. (2015), "Biology and Diseases of Amphibians", Laboratory Animal Medicine, Elsevier, pp. 931–965, retrieved 2023-11-08