Meaning

1 senses
  1. Complex class of natural antibiotics characterized by a sugar, lipid, and cyclic peptide structure used primarily to fight tough Gram-positive bacterial infections.

Origin

By surface analysis, glyco- + lipo- + depsi- + peptide.

By surface analysis, glyco- + lipo- + depsi- + peptide.

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Forms

plural: glycolipodepsipeptides

See also

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