Teixobactin

Quick meaning: Teixobactin is a noun meaning (medicine) 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.

Meaning

(medicine) 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.

Example Sentences

Here we report a new antibiotic that we term teixobactin, discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria.

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.

Scientists at the University of Lincoln, UK, have successfully produced two synthetic derivatives of Teixobactin – the world's first known antibiotic capable of destroying 'drug resistant' bacteria.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include enterobactin, tambromycin, bacitracin, enterobactine, tyrocidine, turbomycin.

Related Dictionary Tools