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cerein

cerein noun: any of a group of bacteriocins produced by various strains of the bacterium Bacillus cereus.

Noun

cerein (plural cereins)

  1. Any of a group of bacteriocins produced by various strains of the bacterium Bacillus cereus.

Forms of cerein

pluralcereins

Origin of cerein

From cereus + -in.

Questions about cerein

What does cerein mean?
Cerein means any of a group of bacteriocins produced by various strains of the bacterium Bacillus cereus.
What part of speech is cerein?
Cerein is a noun.
What is the plural of cerein?
The plural of cerein is cereins.

Words near cerein in the dictionary

  1. cered
  2. Ceredigion
  3. Ceredo
  4. cereicidin
  5. cereicidins
  6. cerein
  7. cereins
  8. cereless
  9. cerement
  10. cerements
  11. ceremide

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