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acidocin

acidocin noun: any of a class of bacteriocins produced by Lactobacillus acidophilus.

Noun

acidocin (plural acidocins)

  1. Any of a class of bacteriocins produced by Lactobacillus acidophilus.

Forms of acidocin

pluralacidocins

Origin of acidocin

acidophilus + -cin

Questions about acidocin

What does acidocin mean?
Acidocin means any of a class of bacteriocins produced by Lactobacillus acidophilus.
What part of speech is acidocin?
Acidocin is a noun.
What is the plural of acidocin?
The plural of acidocin is acidocins.

Words near acidocin in the dictionary

  1. acidocalcisomal
  2. acidocalcisome
  3. acidocalcisomes
  4. acidochromic
  5. acidochromism
  6. acidocin
  7. acidocins
  8. acidocyte
  9. acidocytes
  10. acidogen
  11. acidogenesis

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