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Definition of magnetosome in English: magnetosomenoun maɡˈniːtə(ʊ)ˌsəʊm Biology Any of the intracellular, membrane-bound crystals of the iron oxide magnetite (or, rarely, of an iron sulphide such as greigite) found, usually arranged in a chain, in magnetotactic bacteria and certain other magnetotactic organisms.
Origin 1980s. From magneto- + -some. Definition of magnetosome in US English: magnetosomenounmaɡˈniːtə(ʊ)ˌsəʊm Biology Any of the intracellular, membrane-bound crystals of the iron oxide magnetite (or, rarely, of an iron sulphide such as greigite) found, usually arranged in a chain, in magnetotactic bacteria and certain other magnetotactic organisms.
Origin 1980s. From magneto- + -some. |