peptidoglycan
pep·ti·do·gly·can
noun \ˌpep-təd-ō-ˈglī-ˌkan\Definition of PEPTIDOGLYCAN
: a polymer that is composed of polysaccharide and peptide chains and is found especially in bacterial cell walls—called also mucopeptide, murein
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