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monactin

monactin noun: a form of nonactin.

Noun

monactin (countable and uncountable, plural monactins)

  1. A form of nonactin.
    • During this study we have detected one bacterial metabolite with antibiotic activity: monactin at very low frequency (<10%) and concentrations in 2011 grass samples.2015 August 20, María J. Nichea et al., “Presence of Multiple Mycotoxins and Other Fungal Metabolites in Native Grasses from a Wetland Ecosystem in Argentina Intended for Grazing Cattle”, in Toxins...
  2. A monactine-containing sponge.

Forms of monactin

pluralmonactins

Questions about monactin

What does monactin mean?
Monactin means a form of nonactin.
What part of speech is monactin?
Monactin is a noun.
What is the plural of monactin?
The plural of monactin is monactins.

Words near monactin in the dictionary

  1. monacids
  2. Monaco
  3. monacolin
  4. monacolins
  5. monact
  6. monactin
  7. monactinal
  8. monactine
  9. monactines
  10. monactins
  11. monacts

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