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plectasin

plectasin noun: an antibiotic peptide isolated from the fungus Pseudoplectania nigrella.

Noun

plectasin (uncountable)

  1. An antibiotic peptide isolated from the fungus Pseudoplectania nigrella.

Questions about plectasin

What does plectasin mean?
Plectasin means an antibiotic peptide isolated from the fungus Pseudoplectania nigrella.
What part of speech is plectasin?
Plectasin is a noun.

Words near plectasin in the dictionary

  1. plecostomus
  2. plecotin
  3. plecotins
  4. plecs
  5. plecstrin
  6. plectasin
  7. plectenchyma
  8. plectenchymal
  9. plectenchymas
  10. plectenchymata
  11. plectenchymatic

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