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mesosomes

mesosomes is the plural of mesosome.

Meaning of mesosome

Noun

mesosome (plural mesosomes)

  1. A folded invagination in the plasma membrane of bacteria, produced by the chemical fixation techniques used to prepare samples for electron microscopy, but previously thought to be part of the normal structure of the cell.

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Questions about mesosomes

What is mesosomes the plural of?
Mesosomes is the plural of mesosome.

Words near mesosomes in the dictionary

  1. mesosigmoids
  2. mesosoma
  3. mesosomal
  4. mesosomas
  5. mesosome
  6. mesosomes
  7. mesosomic
  8. mesosonic
  9. mesosperm
  10. mesospermalege
  11. mesospermaleges

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