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spirilloxanthin

spirilloxanthin noun: the carotenoid (4E,6E,8E,10E,12E,14E,16E,18E,20E,22E,24E,26E,28E)-2,31-dimethoxy-2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31-octamethyldotriaconta-4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28-tridecaene present in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum.

Noun

spirilloxanthin (uncountable)

  1. The carotenoid (4E,6E,8E,10E,12E,14E,16E,18E,20E,22E,24E,26E,28E)-2,31-dimethoxy-2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31-octamethyldotriaconta-4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28-tridecaene present in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum

Questions about spirilloxanthin

What does spirilloxanthin mean?
Spirilloxanthin means the carotenoid (4E,6E,8E,10E,12E,14E,16E,18E,20E,22E,24E,26E,28E)-2,31-dimethoxy-2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31-octamethyldotriaconta-4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,28-tridecaene present in the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum.
What part of speech is spirilloxanthin?
Spirilloxanthin is a noun.

Words near spirilloxanthin in the dictionary

  1. spirillar
  2. spirillary
  3. spirillinid
  4. spirilloid
  5. spirillosis
  6. spirilloxanthin
  7. spirillum
  8. spirillums
  9. spiring
  10. spirit
  11. spirit animal

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