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nitroplast

/ˈnaɪtɹəʊˌplæst/

nitroplast noun: a nitrogen-fixing organelle, found in certain marine algae.

Noun

nitroplast (plural nitroplasts)

  1. A nitrogen-fixing organelle, found in certain marine algae.
    • These findings show that UCYN-A has evolved from a symbiont to a eukaryotic organelle for nitrogen fixation—the nitroplast—thereby expanding a function that was thought to be exclusively carried out by prokaryotic cells to eukaryotes..2024 April 11, Ramon Massana, “The nitroplast: A nitrogen-fixing organelle”, in Science

Forms of nitroplast

pluralnitroplasts

Origin of nitroplast

From nitro- + -plast, appearing in scientific literature from 2024.

Questions about nitroplast

What does nitroplast mean?
Nitroplast means a nitrogen-fixing organelle, found in certain marine algae.
What part of speech is nitroplast?
Nitroplast is a noun.
How do you pronounce nitroplast?
Nitroplast is pronounced /ˈnaɪtɹəʊˌplæst/.
What is the plural of nitroplast?
The plural of nitroplast is nitroplasts.

Words near nitroplast in the dictionary

  1. nitrophorin
  2. nitrophorins
  3. nitrophyte
  4. nitrophytes
  5. nitrophytic
  6. nitroplast
  7. nitroplasts
  8. nitropropane
  9. nitropropanes
  10. nitroprotein
  11. nitroproteins

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