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lactam
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lactam [ˈlæktæm]
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) Chem any of a group of inner amides, derived from amino acids, having the characteristic group -CONH-
[from lact(one) + am(ide)]


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Polyamides, better known as nylons, are made from the polymerization of lactams or the condensation of diamines with dicarboxylic acids.
Among the metabolites of Stachybotrys are various compounds with obscure biologic activities: the simple trichothecenes trichodermol and trichodermin, which are precursors to the satratoxins; the diterpenoid dollabellanes and atranones; and a very large number of spirocyclic drimanes including Stachybotrys lactones and lactams (Hinkley et al.
Individually, those organisms that have a natural resistance to certain beta lactams and beta-lactamase inhibitors--for example, some Enterobacteriaceae, Pseudomonas species, and Acinetobacter species--were not common in our study.
 
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