English Explanatory Dictionary

teixobactin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

teixobactin

Etymology

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

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