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lacticin

lacticin noun: a particular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Lactococcus lactis.

Noun

lacticin (uncountable)

  1. A particular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Lactococcus lactis.

Origin of lacticin

Lactococcus lactis + -cin

Questions about lacticin

What does lacticin mean?
Lacticin means a particular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Lactococcus lactis.
What part of speech is lacticin?
Lacticin is a noun.

Words near lacticin in the dictionary

  1. lactic
  2. lactic acid
  3. lactic acidosis
  4. lacticaemia
  5. lacticemia
  6. lacticin
  7. lacticinia
  8. lacticol
  9. lactide
  10. lactides
  11. lactidomycin

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