mycoside

mycoside
my·co·side (miґko-sīd) a glycolipid that contains mycolic acid and a polysaccharide moiety. A distinctive mycoside found in the cell walls confers immunologic cross-reactivity on cells of Corynebacterium, Mycobacteria, and Nocardia.

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