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dipicolinic acid

dipicolinic acid noun: the carboxylic acid pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid present in bacterial spores.

Noun

dipicolinic acid (uncountable)

  1. The carboxylic acid pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid present in bacterial spores

Words formed from dipicolinic acid

Questions about dipicolinic acid

What does dipicolinic acid mean?
Dipicolinic acid means the carboxylic acid pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid present in bacterial spores.
What part of speech is dipicolinic acid?
Dipicolinic acid is a noun.

Words near dipicolinic acid in the dictionary

  1. Diphysite
  2. Diphysites
  3. diphytanoyl
  4. dipicolinate
  5. dipicolinates
  6. dipicolinic acid
  7. dipicrylamine
  8. DiPierro
  9. DiPierros
  10. DiPietro
  11. Dipietros

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