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plantaricin

plantaricin noun: any of a class of bacteriocins produced by the bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum.

Noun

plantaricin (plural plantaricins)

  1. Any of a class of bacteriocins produced by the bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum.

Forms of plantaricin

pluralplantaricins

Origin of plantaricin

From plantar(um) + -i- + -cin.

Questions about plantaricin

What does plantaricin mean?
Plantaricin means any of a class of bacteriocins produced by the bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum.
What part of speech is plantaricin?
Plantaricin is a noun.
What is the plural of plantaricin?
The plural of plantaricin is plantaricins.

Words near plantaricin in the dictionary

  1. plantarflexion
  2. plantarflexions
  3. plantarflexive
  4. plantarflexor
  5. plantarflexors
  6. plantaricin
  7. plantaricins
  8. plantaris
  9. plantarly
  10. plantarolateral
  11. plantation

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