alcaligin

Etymology

Alcaligenes + -in

alcaligin means A siderophore produced by bacteria of the family Alcaligenaceae. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

A siderophore produced by bacteria of the family Alcaligenaceae.“For NMOs, the sequences of L-ornithine N5-oxygenase SidA from Aspergillus fumigatus (XP_755103.1) and the alcaligin biosynthesis enzyme from Bordetella bronchiseptica (Q44740.2) were used as queries.”