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vacuole

[vak-yoo-ohl] / ˈvæk yuˌoʊl /


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The detachment of the protrusion from the cell membrane results in the formation of a vacuole within the neighboring cell.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024

A vacuole is a structure reserved for storage and digestion within a cell.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

Increasing the acidity inside the vacuole may decrease it outside the vacuole, causing enzymes there to work faster and wear out sooner, which may also help explain the higher death rate among these altered cells.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 18, 2023

That’s because the organic acids are transported out of the vacuole and broken down to release CO2, which enters the Calvin cycle.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The contractile vacuole is posterior and terminal, and may be multiple.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)




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