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nounmonactin (countable and uncountable, plural monactins)
plural monactins
- countableuncountableA form of nonactin.
During this study we have detected one bacterial metabolite with antibiotic activity: monactin at very low frequency (<10%) and concentrations in 2011 grass samples.
2015 August 20, María J. Nichea et al., “Presence of Multiple Mycotoxins and Other Fungal Metabolites in Native Grasses from a Wetland Ecosystem in Argentina Intended for Grazing Cattle”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI
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