mictoplasm

English

Etymology

From micto- +‎ -plasm.

Noun

mictoplasm

1. (botany) Any 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.