VOLUTIN


Meaning of VOLUTIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈväl-yə-ˌtin, və-ˈlü-t ə n ]

noun

Etymology: German, from New Latin volutans, specific epithet of the bacterium Spirillum volutans in which it was first found

Date: 1908

: a granular basophilic substance containing nucleic acids that is found especially in cells of microorganisms

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