teixobactin

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An antibiotic discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria (Eleftheria terrae) grown in situ in soil, thought to be unlikely to lead to the development of resistance in pathogens. uncountable
    — Here we report a new antibiotic that we term teixobactin, discovered in a screen of uncultured bacteria.

词源

Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall”) + -bactin, pertaining to a cell wall (broken down by the antibiotic).
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