Not producing spores or lacking the ability to form spores; unable to reproduce via spore formation.
From Greek 'a-' (without) + 'spora' (spore) + '-genous' (suffix meaning 'producing or arising from'). The '-genous' suffix is similar to '-genic' but slightly different in application.
Certain bacterial strains become 'asporogenous' through mutation or adaptation, and scientists actually use this to identify and classify different bacteria in labs.
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