Pellicular
Pellicular is an adjective used in biology to describe structures or features related to a pellicle, a thin skin or film that covers or lies just beneath the outer surface of a cell or culture. The word derives from Latin pellicula, meaning “little skin.”
In cell biology and protozoology, pellicular describes aspects of the pellicle, the proteinaceous layer just under
In microbiology, pellicular can refer to a pellicle that forms at the air–liquid interface of a liquid
Less commonly, pellicular describes thin skin-like coverings on spores, seeds, or other small biological structures, though
Overall, pellicular is a term most often found in scientific descriptions of microorganisms, cell envelopes, and