Meaning of firoin | Babel Free

Definitions

A mannopyranosyl derivative of glyceric acid, an extremolyte found in Rhodothermus marinus

uncountable

Examples

“As a proof of the biophysical principle of preferential exclusion, we observed that besides ectoine which is isolated from halophilic bacteria, firoin a substance produced by thermophilic bacteria, is also able to prevent the adverse cell stress reactions in lung epithelium and in neutrophils [ 23 ].”

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