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mycodextran

mycodextran noun: a linear, unbranched polysaccharide, that is naturally produced by some fungi, like certain species of Aspergillus.

Noun

mycodextran

  1. a linear, unbranched polysaccharide, that is naturally produced by some fungi, like certain species of Aspergillus
    • In spite of the variety of monomers and linkages available, most of the common polysaccharides are homopolymers, e.g., cellulose, amylose, xylan, and mannan, or they consist of repeating sequences of two sugar monomers with the same repeating linkage such as mycodextran and the mucopolysaccharides...2012, Alen Walton, Biopolymers, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 14

Words formed from mycodextran

Questions about mycodextran

What does mycodextran mean?
Mycodextran means a linear, unbranched polysaccharide, that is naturally produced by some fungi, like certain species of Aspergillus.
What part of speech is mycodextran?
Mycodextran is a noun.

Words near mycodextran in the dictionary

  1. mycodermas
  2. mycodermata
  3. mycodermic
  4. mycodermous
  5. mycoderms
  6. mycodextran
  7. mycodextranase
  8. mycodextranases
  9. mycodiesel
  10. mycodiesels
  11. mycodiversity

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