Medical Dictionary

mycobactin

noun my·co·bac·tin \ˌmī-kə-ˈbak-tin\

Medical Definition of MYCOBACTIN

:  any of several iron-chelating growth factors derived from mycobacteria and used especially to culture Johne's bacillus

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