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Definition of Periplasm
1. Noun. (cytology) The region between the plasma membrane and the outer membrane or cell wall. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Periplasm
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Periplasm
1. The space between the membrane and the cell wall of abacterium. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Periplasm
Literary usage of Periplasm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"(c) That most of the periplasm is absorbed by the young oospore, ... (J) That
there is no sharp line of differentiation between periplasm and ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"Yet at the end of the process the oospore, enveloped by periplasm, lies free in
the ob'gonium. In the beginning the ooplasm gathers in the center of the ..."
3. Fecundation in Plants by David Myers Mottier (1904)
"The nuclei, located mostly in the periplasm and gradually becoming more and ...
All the other nuclei pass to the periplasm, leaving this single nucleus in ..."
4. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger, William Hillhouse (1900)
"a clearer enveloping layer, the periplasm. The antheridium is developed shortly
after the oogonium in the form of a short club-shaped cell, ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"Just before the separation of egg from periplasm, the nuclei probably all ...
Enclosing the egg, though sharply marked off from it, is the periplasm which ..."
6. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1903)
"There are only two instances known where eggs, free from periplasm, ... The eggs
of Albugo are so intimately associated with periplasm that they cannot be ..."
7. Studien zur Entwicklungsgeschichte des japanischen Riesensalamanders by Charles Stuart Gager, Daniel Lange (1916)
"How does the male gamete (sperm) pass through the oogonium-wall and periplasm to
the egg? 5. If your material is suitable, observe and describe the mature ..."
8. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"single nucleus in a central position, while the remaining nuclei pass into the
peripheral layer of protoplasm (periplasm). The antheridium now sends a ..."