The amide of acetic acid, a crystalline solid with a characteristic musty odour.
'If acetamide herbicides are used, grain sorghum seed must be pre-treated with a safener that protects it from injury caused by the acetamide herbicides.'
'Amplification reactions were performed with 50-100 ng of total genomic DNA under standard conditions both in the presence and in the absence of 5% - 6% acetamide (final concentration).'
'The acetamidase enzyme encoded by the amdS gene allows growth on acetamide as a carbon and/or nitrogen source by producing ammonium and acetate.'
((n.) A white crystalline solid, from ammonia by replacement
of an equivalent of hydrogen by acetyl.)
