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bdelloplast

bdelloplast noun: a modified cell formed in the host of a parasitic Bdellovibrio bacterium.

Noun

bdelloplast (plural bdelloplasts)

  1. A modified cell formed in the host of a parasitic Bdellovibrio bacterium
    • Thus we speculate that Bd-NDPSase periplasmic location might be associated with metabolizing host material in the bdelloplast after the 30 minutes initial invasion of the prey cell.2015 November 3, “Structural and Enzymatic Characterization of a Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugar Hydrolase from Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of bdelloplast

pluralbdelloplasts

Origin of bdelloplast

From bdello- + -plast.

Questions about bdelloplast

What does bdelloplast mean?
Bdelloplast means a modified cell formed in the host of a parasitic Bdellovibrio bacterium.
What part of speech is bdelloplast?
Bdelloplast is a noun.
What is the plural of bdelloplast?
The plural of bdelloplast is bdelloplasts.

Words near bdelloplast in the dictionary

  1. bdelloids
  2. bdellometer
  3. bdellometers
  4. bdellomicrovirus
  5. bdellomicroviruses
  6. bdelloplast
  7. bdelloplasting
  8. bdelloplasts
  9. bdellotomy
  10. bdellourid
  11. bdellourids

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