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nitroplasts

/ˈnaɪtɹəʊˌplæsts/

nitroplasts is the plural of nitroplast.

Meaning of nitroplast

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

Questions about nitroplasts

What is nitroplasts the plural of?
Nitroplasts is the plural of nitroplast.
How do you pronounce nitroplasts?
Nitroplasts is pronounced /ˈnaɪtɹəʊˌplæsts/.

Words near nitroplasts in the dictionary

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

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