microcystin

Questions

What does microcystin mean?

Any of a class of cyclic oligopeptide hepatotoxins produced by cyanobacteria

Where does microcystin come from?

From Microcystis, from which the toxin was first isolated, + -in.

How to pronounce microcystin

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