mucocomplex

plural mucocomplexes

1. A complex mixture of mucopolysaccharides.

   The thick homogeneous layer is composed of a carbohydrate-peptide polymer known as the mucocomplex (also referred to as the murein or the mucopeptide layer).

   1988, Paul A. Ketchum, Microbiology: Concepts and Applications, page 80

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   In the lower protists, and only in these organisms, the structural material is a complex polymer of the type known as a mucocomplex substance, which is constructed from two amino sugars and three or four amino acids.

   1963, Roger Y. Stanier, The microbial world, page 142