rhamnolipid
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word rhamnolipid. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word rhamnolipid, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say rhamnolipid in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word rhamnolipid you have here. The definition of the word rhamnolipid will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofrhamnolipid, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From translingual Rhamnus (“genus of buckthorn”) + lipid.
Noun
rhamnolipid (plural rhamnolipids)
- (biochemistry) Any of a class of glycolipid surfactants, produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other species, that has one or more rhamnose groups
- 2015 July 18, “Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation and Persistence, along with the Production of Quorum Sensing-Dependent Virulence Factors, Are Disrupted by a Triterpenoid Coumarate Ester Isolated from Dalbergia trichocarpa, a Tropical Legume”, in PLOS ONE, :
- Briefly, the rhamnolipid extract of each sample was dissolved in 4 mL of chloroform and put in contact with a freshly prepared methylene blue solution (200 μL of a 1 g l -1 methylene blue and 4.9 mL of distilled water).