hydrogenosome
/haɪdɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛnəsoʊm/
hydrogenosome noun: a membrane-bound form of organelles that produce molecular hydrogen and ATP in some anerobic ciliates, trichomonads and fungi, remarkable in that most forms contain no DNA.
Noun
hydrogenosome (plural hydrogenosomes)
- A membrane-bound form of organelles that produce molecular hydrogen and ATP in some anerobic ciliates, trichomonads and fungi, remarkable in that most forms contain no DNA.
- Hydrogenosomes, like almost all other organelles, always grow by proliferation of preexisting organelles. Thus, each daughter cell will receive a complete set of organelles during cell division. Morphological evidence was presented showing that trichomonad hydrogenosomes, like mitochondria, may...2008, Marlene Benchimol, “Structure of the Hydrogenosome”, in Jan Tachezy, editor, Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes, Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, →ISBN, pages 75–96
Forms of hydrogenosome
| plural | hydrogenosomes |
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Origin of hydrogenosome
From hydrogen + -o- + -some.
Questions about hydrogenosome
- What does hydrogenosome mean?
- Hydrogenosome means a membrane-bound form of organelles that produce molecular hydrogen and ATP in some anerobic ciliates, trichomonads and fungi, remarkable in that most forms contain no DNA.
- What part of speech is hydrogenosome?
- Hydrogenosome is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hydrogenosome?
- Hydrogenosome is pronounced /haɪdɹoʊˈd͡ʒɛnəsoʊm/.
- What is the plural of hydrogenosome?
- The plural of hydrogenosome is hydrogenosomes.
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