Antibiotic
monobactams
Subclass of:
beta-Lactams; Lactams
Definitions related to monobactams:
  • Monocyclic, bacterially produced or semisynthetic beta-lactam antibiotics. They lack the double ring construction of the traditional beta-lactam antibiotics and can be easily synthesized.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (beta-lactam antibiotic) A compound with a four member amide ring (beta-lactam), where one member is the amide nitrogen and another is the carbonyl carbon, with bactericidal activity. Beta-lactam antibiotics act by disrupting the synthesis of the peptidoglycan layer of the bacterial cell wall.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (beta lactam antibiotic) Group of antibiotics containing beta lactam rings which are cleaved by the beta lactamases produced by almost all gram negative bacteria.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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