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cepacian

cepacian noun: an exopolysaccharide, produced by Burkholderia cepacia bacteria, that plays a role in the formation of biofilms.

Noun

cepacian (uncountable)

  1. An exopolysaccharide, produced by Burkholderia cepacia bacteria, that plays a role in the formation of biofilms

Origin of cepacian

From translingual cepacia + -ian.

Questions about cepacian

What does cepacian mean?
Cepacian means an exopolysaccharide, produced by Burkholderia cepacia bacteria, that plays a role in the formation of biofilms.
What part of speech is cepacian?
Cepacian is a noun.

Words near cepacian in the dictionary

  1. ceos
  2. CEOSE
  3. cep
  4. cepabactin
  5. cepaceous
  6. cepacian
  7. cepaene
  8. cepaenes
  9. cepage
  10. cepages
  11. Cepari

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