nigeran
/ˈnʌɪdʒəran/Biochemistry
noun
An alpha-glucan which occurs in the hyphal walls of various fungi.
Origin
1950s. Probably from classical Latin niger black, used in scientific Latin as specific epithet of the fungus Aspergillus niger (from which the substance has been extracted) + -an.
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