mesosome
noun
me·so·some
ˈme-zə-ˌsōm 
ˈmē-,
-sə-
: an organelle of bacteria that appears as an invagination of the plasma membrane and functions either in DNA replication and cell division or excretion of exoenzymes
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mesosome
noun
me·so·some
ˈmez-ə-ˌsōm, ˈmēz-, ˈmēs-, ˈmes-
: an organelle of bacteria that appears in electron micrographs as an invagination of the plasma membrane and is a site of localization of respiratory enzymes
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