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curvaticin

curvaticin noun: a particular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Lactobacillus curvatus.

Noun

curvaticin (uncountable)

  1. A particular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Lactobacillus curvatus.

Origin of curvaticin

From curvatus + -cin. By surface analysis, bovis + curve + -ate + -i- + -cin.

Questions about curvaticin

What does curvaticin mean?
Curvaticin means a particular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Lactobacillus curvatus.
What part of speech is curvaticin?
Curvaticin is a noun.

Words near curvaticin in the dictionary

  1. curvaciousness
  2. Curvada
  3. curvas
  4. curvate
  5. curvated
  6. curvaticin
  7. curvation
  8. curvations
  9. curvative
  10. curvatives
  11. curvaton

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