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Bacterial vs Peptidoglycan - What's the difference?

bacterial | peptidoglycan |

As an adjective bacterial

is (microbiology) of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.

As a noun peptidoglycan is

(biochemistry) a polymer of glycan and peptides found in bacterial cell walls.

bacterial

English

Adjective

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  • (microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}

    Related terms

    * bacterio-

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    peptidoglycan

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia peptidoglycan) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A polymer of glycan and peptides found in bacterial cell walls

    • Synonyms

    *mucopeptide