lantibiotic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Coined in 1988 from "lanthionine-containing peptide antibiotics".
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]lantibiotic (plural lantibiotics)
- Any of a class of peptide antibiotics that contain polycyclic thioether amino acids as well as the unsaturated amino acids dehydroalanine and 2-aminoisobutyric acid.