释义 |
rhizoplast Microbiology.|ˈraɪzəʊplɑːst, -æ-| [f. rhizo- + -plast.] A fibrous structure running from the nucleus of a protozoan to a blepharoplast (kinetosome).
1915I. McCulloch in Univ. Calif. Publ. Zool. XVI. 3 In the central part of the hyaline body there is a large vesicular nucleus connected directly with the extranuclear organelles, the rhizoplast, ‘kinetonucleus’, flagellum, basal granule and the ‘axostyle’. Ibid. 5 The rhizoplast is a faint line connecting the ‘kinetonucleus’ with the nucleus. 1947Ann. Rev. Microbiol. I. 8 In the Polymastigina the anteriorly placed blepharoplast is the center of organization. From it originate the flagella, the rhizoplasts, the axostyles, [etc.]. 1976Edington & Gilles Path. in Tropics (ed. 2) ii. 55 The eccentric spherical nucleus is about 1 µm in diameter and the rod-shaped rhizoplast may or may not be detectable. |