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methanobactins

methanobactins is the plural of methanobactin.

Meaning of methanobactin

Noun

methanobactin (plural methanobactins)

  1. A copper-binding peptide present in some methanotroph bacteria
    • This carrier was hypothesized to be similar to methanobactin, highly modified peptide of methanotrophs, which carries copper from the environment to bacteria.2015 October 17, “The Features of Copper Metabolism in the Rat Liver during Development”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about methanobactins

What is methanobactins the plural of?
Methanobactins is the plural of methanobactin.

Words near methanobactins in the dictionary

  1. methanoate
  2. methanoates
  3. methanobacteria
  4. methanobacterium
  5. methanobactin
  6. methanobactins
  7. methanochondroitin
  8. methanococcal
  9. methanococci
  10. methanococcus
  11. methanofuran

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