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bacteriocins

bacteriocins is the plural of bacteriocin.

Meaning of bacteriocin

Noun

bacteriocin (plural bacteriocins)

  1. Any of a class of antibiotic toxins, produced by some bacteria, that target closely related bacteria

Questions about bacteriocins

What is bacteriocins the plural of?
Bacteriocins is the plural of bacteriocin.

Words near bacteriocins in the dictionary

  1. bacteriocin
  2. bacteriocinogen
  3. bacteriocinogenic
  4. bacteriocinogenicity
  5. bacteriocinogens
  6. bacteriocins
  7. bacteriocuprein
  8. bacteriocyte
  9. bacteriocytes
  10. bacteriocytic
  11. bacteriofermented

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