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nukacin

nukacin noun: any of a group of bacteriostatic lantibiotics produced by Staphylococcus warneri.

Noun

nukacin (plural nukacins)

  1. Any of a group of bacteriostatic lantibiotics produced by Staphylococcus warneri.
    • Genes M and T are likely involved in posttranslational modification and secretion of nukacin ISK-1, while -F, -E, and -G are predicted to be membrane bound and provide self-protection.2016, Tomas G. Villa, New Weapons to Control Bacterial Growth, page 196

Forms of nukacin

pluralnukacins

Questions about nukacin

What does nukacin mean?
Nukacin means any of a group of bacteriostatic lantibiotics produced by Staphylococcus warneri.
What part of speech is nukacin?
Nukacin is a noun.
What is the plural of nukacin?
The plural of nukacin is nukacins.

Words near nukacin in the dictionary

  1. Nujiang
  2. Nujib
  3. Nujibs
  4. nuk
  5. nukable
  6. nukacin
  7. nukacins
  8. nukage
  9. Nukahiva
  10. Nukahivan
  11. Nukahivans

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