Definition of Trophosome. Meaning of Trophosome. Synonyms of Trophosome

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Definition of Trophosome

Trophosome
Trophosome Troph"o*some, n. [Gr. ? a feeder + -some body.] (Zo["o]l.) The nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, as distinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids.

Meaning of Trophosome from wikipedia

- A trophosome is a highly vascularised organ found in some animals that houses symbiotic bacteria that provide food for their host. Trophosomes are contained...
- to the trophosome, which is suspended in paired coelomic cavities and is where the intracellular symbiotic bacteria are found. The trophosome is a soft...
- The symbionts are housed in bacteriocytes in a specialized organ, the trophosome (Gr**** τροφος trophos ‘food’). Ca. Riegeria can make up half of the worms'...
- photosynthesis to develop later. Giant tube worms use bacteria in their trophosome to fix carbon dioxide (using hydrogen sulfide as their energy source)...
- methane-oxidizing bacteria living in an internal organ, the trophosome. One gram of trophosome tissue can contain one billion bacteria. The origin of this...
- worm benefits. These bacteria reside in a specialized organ called the Trophosome. Some worms have an extendable pharynx or a proboscis for consuming prey...
- Chromoplast Gerontoplast Leucoplast Apicoplast Kappa organism Organs Bacteriome Trophosome Nitroplast Abiogenesis Last universal common ancestor Earliest known life...
- observable characteristics are branching pattern of colonies and length of trophosome. There are variations and exceptions to these, which makes identification...
- Chromoplast Gerontoplast Leucoplast Apicoplast Kappa organism Organs Bacteriome Trophosome Nitroplast Abiogenesis Last universal common ancestor Earliest known life...
- Chromoplast Gerontoplast Leucoplast Apicoplast Kappa organism Organs Bacteriome Trophosome Nitroplast Abiogenesis Last universal common ancestor Earliest known life...