rhamnolipid

English

Etymology

From translingual Rhamnus (“genus of buckthorn”) + lipid.

Noun

rhamnolipid (plural rhamnolipids)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of glycolipid surfactants, produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other species, that has one or more rhamnose groups
   • 2015 July 18, “Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation and Persistence, along with the Production of Quorum Sensing-Dependent Virulence Factors, Are Disrupted by a Triterpenoid Coumarate Ester Isolated from Dalbergia trichocarpa, a Tropical Legume”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Briefly, the rhamnolipid extract of each sample was dissolved in 4 mL of chloroform and put in contact with a freshly prepared methylene blue solution (200 μL of a 1 g l -1 methylene blue and 4.9 mL of distilled water).

Derived terms

• dirhamnolipid
• monorhamnolipid