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calcimycin

calcimycin noun: a mobile ion-carrier that forms stable complexes with divalent cations and has antibiotic properties against gram-positive bacteria and fungi.

Noun

calcimycin (uncountable)

  1. A mobile ion-carrier that forms stable complexes with divalent cations and has antibiotic properties against gram-positive bacteria and fungi.

Questions about calcimycin

What does calcimycin mean?
Calcimycin means a mobile ion-carrier that forms stable complexes with divalent cations and has antibiotic properties against gram-positive bacteria and fungi.
What part of speech is calcimycin?
Calcimycin is a noun.

Words near calcimycin in the dictionary

  1. calcimined
  2. calciminer
  3. calciminers
  4. calcimines
  5. calcimining
  6. calcimycin
  7. calcin
  8. calcinable
  9. calcinate
  10. calcinated
  11. calcinates

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