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Category:GO:0097570 ! cyst wall
name: cyst wall
namespace: cellular_component
def: "The specialized envelope lying outside the cell membrane of a cyst. A cyst is a resting or dormant stage of a microorganism, usually a bacterium or a protist or rarely an invertebrate animal, that helps the organism to survive in unfavorable environmental conditions. In protists such as protozoan parasites alternating cystic- and non-cystic stages, the cyst wall is usually composed of carbohydrates and proteins." [GOC:giardia, PMID:15134259, PMID:2026212, Wikipedia:Microbial_cyst]
is_a: GO:0005618 ! cell wall
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<GOterm>GO:0097570</GOterm>
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