With the qualities of an aerobe. One of the constituents of agar. Often used in preference to agar because it gels at a lower temperature and does not contain the inhibitors of virus growth frequently present in agar. It is also used widely in gel electrophoresis because it has a more uniform pore size than that of agar. Cervical alae are confined to the anterior region of nematodes parasitic in animals.
Caudal alae occur in the posterior region of males in a number of genera.
Longitudinal alae, usually four, extend the length of the body sublaterally. See allele . A non-septate spore. Having one-celled spores. Sometimes called lateral organs.