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pediocin

pediocin noun: any of a class of bacteriocin from bacteria of the genus Pediococcus.

Noun

pediocin (plural pediocins)

  1. Any of a class of bacteriocin from bacteria of the genus Pediococcus
    • Bacteriocin with similar molecular weights reported from past studies included pediocin A from Pediococcus acidilactici [34 ] and bacteriocin ST33LD from Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp.2015 October 17, “Purification and Characterization of Bacteriocin Produced by Weissella confusa A3 of Dairy Origin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of pediocin

pluralpediocins

Origin of pediocin

From Pediococcus + -cin.

Questions about pediocin

What does pediocin mean?
Pediocin means any of a class of bacteriocin from bacteria of the genus Pediococcus.
What part of speech is pediocin?
Pediocin is a noun.
What is the plural of pediocin?
The plural of pediocin is pediocins.

Words near pediocin in the dictionary

  1. pedinellids
  2. pedinid
  3. pedinids
  4. pedinophycean
  5. pedinophyceans
  6. pediocin
  7. pediocins
  8. pediococcal
  9. pedion
  10. pedionomid
  11. pedionomids

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