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asterobactin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
as-ter-obactin
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An antibiotic [3-[[1-[1-[[5-[carbamimidoyl(hydroxy)amino]-1-(hydroxyamino)-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-methyl-1-oxoundecan-3-yl]oxy-5-[formyl(hydroxy)amino]-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-hydroxy-3-oxopropyl] 2-hydroxybenzoate present in Nocardia asteroides

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

asterobactins (plural)

Questions

What does asterobactin mean?
An antibiotic [3-[[1-[1-[[5-[carbamimidoyl(hydroxy)amino]-1-(hydroxyamino)-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-methyl-1-oxoundecan-3-yl]oxy-5-[formyl(hydroxy)amino]-1-oxopentan-2-yl]amino]-2-hydroxy-3-oxopropyl] 2-hydroxybenzoate present in Nocardia asteroides

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