A specialized term in mycology or microbiology referring to a specific fungal or bacterial compound or structure.
From scientific nomenclature combining multiple roots, possibly from Greco-Latin terms used in classification systems for microorganisms.
When scientists discover something completely new—a weird fungal structure, an unknown bacterial component—they get to name it, and some names sound like they're from another planet because they're literally describing something nature's never shown us before.
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