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ampicillin Definition

am·pi·cil·lin (am′pə sil′in)

noun

a synthetic antibiotic, CHNOS, derived from penicillin, having resistance to acids so that it can be taken orally to fight a wide range of bacterial infections

ampicillin Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • resistance: The plasmid includes the bla gene for ampicillin resistance.
  • marker: This assumption is based, among other things, on unpublished experiments using an ampicillin marker.
  • gene: However, Bt10 contains an ampicillin resistance marker gene not present in Bt11 [ 4 ] .

Noun used with modifier

  • µg/ml: Using the frozen glycerol stock a 1 liter Terrific Broth + 100 µg/ml ampicillin culture was inoculated.