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rhapidosome Microbiology.|ˈræpɪdəʊsəʊm|
[f. Gr. ῥαπίς, ῥαπιδ- rod + -o + -some4.]
A small rod-shaped body, frequent in bacteria of certain species.
1963R. A. Lewin in Nature 6 Apr. 104/1 It is proposed that for the present these rod-shaped particles be called ‘rhapidosomes’. 1967Jrnl. Bacteriol. XCIV. 1755/1 It is not likely that the rhapidosomes of Pseudomonas, Proteus, and Photobacterium are either phage or parts of phage since similar structures have been seen in every strain examined. Ibid. 1755/2 The function of these rhapidosomes is unknown, but..they may be involved as anchorage for the nucleoplasm and may serve as an axis around which rotation occurs during replication. 1972Nature 24 Mar. 144/3 Rhapidosomes are in essence two overlapping hollow cylinders... The two components are made of distinct protein subunits and there is no nucleic acid associated with the rhapidosome. 1977Canad. Jrnl. Microbiol. XXIII. 1604/1 Rhapidosomes resemble bacteriophage tails.., but are often found alone, with no phage heads, coats, or other phage⁓like appendages. |