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Etymology edit

micto- +‎ plasm

Noun edit

mictoplasm

  1. (botany) phloem containing sieve cells
    • 2015 August 19, Stefanie V. Buxa et al., “Phytoplasma infection in tomato is associated with re-organization of plasma membrane, ER stacks, and actin filaments in sieve elements”, in Frontiers in Plant Science[1], volume 6, →DOI:
      In healthy sieve elements, gold particles were mainly found in the mictoplasm and in association with the membrane, whereas in the cell lumen they were significantly less abundant.