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mycobacillin

mycobacillin noun: an antifungal cyclic peptide first isolated in 1958 from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.

Noun

mycobacillin (uncountable)

  1. An antifungal cyclic peptide first isolated in 1958 from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.

Origin of mycobacillin

From myco- + bacillin.

Questions about mycobacillin

What does mycobacillin mean?
Mycobacillin means an antifungal cyclic peptide first isolated in 1958 from the bacterium Bacillus subtilis.
What part of speech is mycobacillin?
Mycobacillin is a noun.

Words near mycobacillin in the dictionary

  1. mycoacaricide
  2. mycoacaricides
  3. mycoalphavirus
  4. mycoalphaviruses
  5. mycobacillary
  6. mycobacillin
  7. mycobacteraemia
  8. mycobacteremia
  9. mycobacteremias
  10. mycobacteremic
  11. mycobacteria

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