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protomitochondrion

protomitochondrion noun: the ancestral bacterial endosymbiont from which all mitochondria are thought to be derived.

Noun

protomitochondrion (plural protomitochondria)

  1. The ancestral bacterial endosymbiont from which all mitochondria are thought to be derived

Forms of protomitochondrion

pluralprotomitochondria
alternative formproto-mitochondrion

Origin of protomitochondrion

From proto- + mitochondrion.

Questions about protomitochondrion

What does protomitochondrion mean?
Protomitochondrion means the ancestral bacterial endosymbiont from which all mitochondria are thought to be derived.
What part of speech is protomitochondrion?
Protomitochondrion is a noun.
What is the plural of protomitochondrion?
The plural of protomitochondrion is protomitochondria.

Words near protomitochondrion in the dictionary

  1. protominimalists
  2. protomite
  3. protomites
  4. protomitochondria
  5. protomitochondrial
  6. protomitochondrion
  7. protomodern
  8. protomodernism
  9. protomodernist
  10. protomodernists
  11. protomodernity

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