roseobacticide

English

Noun

roseobacticide (plural roseobacticides)

  1. Any agent that kills roseobacters.
    • 2017, Manoj Kumar, Systems Biology of Marine Ecosystems, page 290:
      The bacterium is thought to detect aging in its algal host through production of cell wall breakdown products, which trigger production of compounds called roseobacticides that can act as potent algicides (Seyedsayamdost et al. 2011b).
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