riboplasm

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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

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Meanings

nounriboplasm (plural riboplasms)

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

Origin

From ribo- + -plasm.

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APA

riboplasm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riboplasm

MLA

“riboplasm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riboplasm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “riboplasm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/riboplasm.

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