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bacterioplankton

bacterioplankton noun: the bacterial component of marine plankton.

Noun

bacterioplankton (countable and uncountable, plural bacterioplanktons)

  1. The bacterial component of marine plankton

Forms of bacterioplankton

pluralbacterioplanktons

Origin of bacterioplankton

From bacterio- + plankton.

Questions about bacterioplankton

What does bacterioplankton mean?
Bacterioplankton means the bacterial component of marine plankton.
What part of speech is bacterioplankton?
Bacterioplankton is a noun.
What is the plural of bacterioplankton?
The plural of bacterioplankton is bacterioplanktons.

Words near bacterioplankton in the dictionary

  1. bacteriophobic
  2. bacteriophore
  3. bacteriophores
  4. bacteriophytochrome
  5. bacteriophytochromes
  6. bacterioplankton
  7. bacterioplanktonic
  8. bacterioplanktons
  9. bacteriopurpurin
  10. bacteriorhodopsin
  11. bacteriorhodopsins

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