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Organelle vs Carboxysome - What's the difference?

organelle | carboxysome |

As nouns the difference between organelle and carboxysome

is that organelle is organelle while carboxysome is a bacterial organelle that contains enzymes involved in carbon fixation.

organelle

English

(wikipedia organelle)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    carboxysome

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bacterial organelle that contains enzymes involved in carbon fixation.

    • See also

    * (wikipedia "carboxysome")