mesosomes

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A form of mesosome — 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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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of mesosome
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