Meanings
nounketogluconate (plural ketogluconates)
plural ketogluconates
- Any salt or ester of ketogluconic acid.
Therefore, the lack of detectable expression suggested that gluconate and ketogluconate could not be formed.
2015 July 17, “Dynamic Response of Pseudomonas putida S12 to Sudden Addition of Toluene and the Potential Role of the Solvent Tolerance Gene trgI”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
From ketogluconic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
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