What does "aqabamycin" mean?

Any of a class of nitro derivatives of maleimides, isolated from a bacterium of the genus Vibrio, whose metabolites have antibacterial and cytotoxic properties

How do you pronounce "aqabamycin"?

Pronounced //ˌɑkəbəˈmaɪsɪn//.

Aqabamycin

//ˌɑkəbəˈmaɪsɪn// noun

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Noun

1
Any of a class of nitro derivatives of maleimides, isolated from a bacterium of the genus Vibrio, whose metabolites have antibacterial and cytotoxic properties countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Aqaba on the Red Sea, where the bacteria were found, + -mycin.

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