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nukacins

nukacins is the plural of nukacin.

Meaning of nukacin

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

Questions about nukacins

What is nukacins the plural of?
Nukacins is the plural of nukacin.

Words near nukacins in the dictionary

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

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