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teixobactin

teixobactin noun: an antibiotic discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria (Eleftheria terrae) grown in situ in soil, thought to be unlikely to lead to the development of resistance in pathogens.

teixobactin: an antibiotic discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria (Eleftheria terrae) grown in situ in...
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Noun

teixobactin (uncountable)

  1. An antibiotic discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria (Eleftheria terrae) grown in situ in soil, thought to be unlikely to lead to the development of resistance in pathogens.
    • Here we report a new antibiotic that we term teixobactin, discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria.2015 January 22, Losee L. Ling et. at., “A new antibiotic kills pathogens without detectable resistance”, in Nature, volume 517, number 7535, page 455
    • As we finished writing this book, a study published online in the journal Nature reported the discovery of teixobactin, a new antibiotic derived from previously unculturable soil bacteria.2015, David R. Montgomery, Anne Biklé, The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health

Origin of teixobactin

Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall”) + -bactin, pertaining to a cell wall (broken down by the antibiotic).

Questions about teixobactin

What does teixobactin mean?
Teixobactin means an antibiotic discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria (Eleftheria terrae) grown in situ in soil, thought to be unlikely to lead to the development of resistance in pathogens.
What part of speech is teixobactin?
Teixobactin is a noun.

Words near teixobactin in the dictionary

  1. Teitelbaum
  2. Teitelbaums
  3. Teiwa
  4. Teixeira
  5. Teixeras
  6. teixobactin
  7. teize
  8. teized
  9. teizes
  10. teizing
  11. Teișani

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