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pyomelanin (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A pigment, related to melanin, that results from the catabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine
   • 2015 August 7, Christopher J. Harmer et al., “Homogentisate 1-2-Dioxygenase Downregulation in the Chronic Persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Australian Epidemic Strain-1 in the CF Lung”, in PLoS ONE‎^[1], volume 10, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0134229:

     In fact, our results show the death rate was reduced in AES-1M assays compared to AES-1R, despite a lack of pyomelanin in both isogens.

関連する語

• pyomelanogenesis
• pyomelanogenic