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pentocin

pentocin noun: a particular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Lactobacillus pentosus.

Noun

pentocin (uncountable)

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

Origin of pentocin

pentosus + -cin

Questions about pentocin

What does pentocin mean?
Pentocin means a particular bacteriocin produced by the bacterium Lactobacillus pentosus.
What part of speech is pentocin?
Pentocin is a noun.

Words near pentocin in the dictionary

  1. pentobarbital
  2. pentobarbitals
  3. pentobarbitol
  4. pentobarbitone
  5. pentobarbitones
  6. pentocin
  7. pentode
  8. pentodes
  9. pentofuranose
  10. pentofuranoses
  11. pentofuranoside

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