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A toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus
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pyocyanin
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Pyocyanin \Py`o*cy"a*nin\, n. [Gr. ? pus + ? dark blue.] (Physiol. Chem.) A blue coloring matter found in the pus from old sores, supposed to be formed through the agency of a species of bacterium ( Bacillus pyocyaneus ).
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Pyocyanin (PCN) is one of the many toxins produced and secreted by the Gram negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Pyocyanin is a blue, secondary metabolite with the ability to oxidise and reduce other molecules and therefore can kill microbes competing ...
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n. (context biochemistry English) A greenish-blue pigment, produced by ''Pseudomonas aeruginosa'', that is an antibiotic and antifungal agent
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n. a toxic blue crystalline antibiotic found in green pus