Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
EPISOME
episome
(noun) DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
episome (plural episomes)
(cytology) A segment of DNA that can exist and replicate either autonomously in the cytoplasm or as part of a chromosome, mainly found in bacteria
synonym of epitheca
Source: Wiktionary
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