pirellulosome

id: GO:0044223
name: pirellulosome
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A cytoplasmic structure found in bacterial phyla Planctomycetes and Verrucomicrobia containing a condensed nucleoid and ribosomes and surrounded by an intracytoplasmic membrane. It is surrounded by ribosome-free cytoplasm, in a compartment called the paryphoplasm.

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