firoin
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mannopyranosyl derivative of glyceric acid, an extremolyte found in Rhodothermus marinus
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "As a proof of the biophysical principle of preferential exclusion, we observed that besides ectoine which is isolated from halophilic bacteria, firoin a substance produced by thermophilic bacteria, is also able to prevent the adverse cell stress reactions in lung epithelium and in neutrophils [ 23 ]."