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asterobactin

asterobactin noun: an antibiotic [3-[[1-[1-[[5-[carbamimidoyl(hydroxy)amino]-1-(hydroxyamino)-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-methyl-1-oxoundecan-3-yl]oxy-5-[formyl(hydroxy)amino]-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-hydroxy-3-oxopropyl] 2-hydroxybenzoate present in Nocardia asteroides.

Noun

asterobactin (countable and uncountable, plural asterobactins)

  1. An antibiotic [3-[[1-[1-[[5-[carbamimidoyl(hydroxy)amino]-1-(hydroxyamino)-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-methyl-1-oxoundecan-3-yl]oxy-5-[formyl(hydroxy)amino]-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-hydroxy-3-oxopropyl] 2-hydroxybenzoate present in Nocardia asteroides

Forms of asterobactin

pluralasterobactins

Questions about asterobactin

What does asterobactin mean?
Asterobactin means an antibiotic [3-[[1-[1-[[5-[carbamimidoyl(hydroxy)amino]-1-(hydroxyamino)-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-methyl-1-oxoundecan-3-yl]oxy-5-[formyl(hydroxy)amino]-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-hydroxy-3-oxopropyl] 2-hydroxybenzoate present in Nocardia asteroides.
What part of speech is asterobactin?
Asterobactin is a noun.
What is the plural of asterobactin?
The plural of asterobactin is asterobactins.

Words near asterobactin in the dictionary

  1. asterless
  2. Asterley
  3. astern
  4. astern of
  5. asternal
  6. asterobactin
  7. asteroceratid
  8. asteroceratids
  9. asteroid
  10. asteroid belt
  11. asteroid belts

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