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surfactin

surfactin noun: a bacterial cyclic lipopeptide that is a powerful surfactant, sometimes used as an antibiotic.

Noun

surfactin (countable and uncountable, plural surfactins)

  1. A bacterial cyclic lipopeptide that is a powerful surfactant, sometimes used as an antibiotic.

Forms of surfactin

pluralsurfactins

Questions about surfactin

What does surfactin mean?
Surfactin means a bacterial cyclic lipopeptide that is a powerful surfactant, sometimes used as an antibiotic.
What part of speech is surfactin?
Surfactin is a noun.
What is the plural of surfactin?
The plural of surfactin is surfactins.

Words near surfactin in the dictionary

  1. surfacism
  2. surfactant
  3. surfactantless
  4. surfactantlike
  5. surfactants
  6. surfactin
  7. surfactins
  8. surfactometer
  9. surfactometers
  10. surfactometry
  11. surfacy

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