Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gladiolin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glad-i-olin
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An antibiotic produced by the bacterium Burkholderia gladioli, with potential applications in treating tuberculosis.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Gladiolin is structurally related to etnangien, a highly unstable antibiotic from Sorangium cellulosum that is also active against Mycobacteria."
"The configuration of all but one of the stereogenic centers of gladiolin has previously been elucidated using a combination of NOESY NMR experiments and predictive sequence analysis of the polyketide synthase responsible for its assembly."
"In this study, a previously uncharacterised trans-AT PKS subunit interface between a ketoreductase and a methyltransferase domain (KR/MT junction) is examined from the gladiolin trans-AT PKS."

Etymology

gladioli + -in

Word Breakdown

Suffix: in

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does gladiolin mean?: An antibiotic produced by the bacterium Burkholderia gladioli, with potential applications in treating tuberculosis.
Where does gladiolin come from?: gladioli + -in

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