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petrobactin

petrobactin noun: a particular photoreactive catecholate siderophore produced by the marine bacterium Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus.

Noun

petrobactin (uncountable)

  1. a particular photoreactive catecholate siderophore produced by the marine bacterium Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus

Questions about petrobactin

What does petrobactin mean?
Petrobactin means a particular photoreactive catecholate siderophore produced by the marine bacterium Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus.
What part of speech is petrobactin?
Petrobactin is a noun.

Words near petrobactin in the dictionary

  1. petro-
  2. petro-dictator
  3. petro-dictators
  4. petro-dictatorship
  5. petro-dictatorships
  6. petrobactin
  7. petrobasilar
  8. petroboloi
  9. petrobolos
  10. Petrobrusian
  11. Petrobrusianism

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