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riboplasm

riboplasm noun: the part of an anammox bacterium that holds the chromosome, ribosomes and anammoxosome; it is surrounded by the paryphoplasm that is analogous to the periplasm that surrounds the cytoplasm in Gram-negative bacteria.

Noun

riboplasm (plural riboplasms)

  1. The part of an anammox bacterium that holds the chromosome, ribosomes and anammoxosome; it is surrounded by the paryphoplasm that is analogous to the periplasm that surrounds the cytoplasm in Gram-negative bacteria

Forms of riboplasm

pluralriboplasms

Origin of riboplasm

From ribo- + -plasm.

Questions about riboplasm

What does riboplasm mean?
Riboplasm means the part of an anammox bacterium that holds the chromosome, ribosomes and anammoxosome; it is surrounded by the paryphoplasm that is analogous to the periplasm that surrounds the cytoplasm in Gram-negative bacteria.
What part of speech is riboplasm?
Riboplasm is a noun.
What is the plural of riboplasm?
The plural of riboplasm is riboplasms.

Words near riboplasm in the dictionary

  1. ribooligonucleotides
  2. ribophagy
  3. ribophorin
  4. ribophorins
  5. ribophosphate
  6. riboplasm
  7. riboplasms
  8. ribopolymer
  9. ribopolymers
  10. riboprinting
  11. riboprobe

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