Picoplankton

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The plankton composed of cells between 0.2 and 2 micrometers. uncountable

    "He and P. W. Johnson confirmed the recent discovery of a species of photosynthetic picoplankton, using electron microscopes to perceive fluorescence produced by the chlorophyll of the organisms."

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"He and P. W. Johnson confirmed the recent discovery of a species of photosynthetic picoplankton, using electron microscopes to perceive fluorescence produced by the chlorophyll of the organisms."

Etymology

From pico- + plankton.

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