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vibriolysin

vibriolysin noun: a thermostable form of thermolysin present in bacteria of the genus Vibrio.

Noun

vibriolysin (uncountable)

  1. A thermostable form of thermolysin present in bacteria of the genus Vibrio.

Origin of vibriolysin

From translingual Vibrio + lysin.

Questions about vibriolysin

What does vibriolysin mean?
Vibriolysin means a thermostable form of thermolysin present in bacteria of the genus Vibrio.
What part of speech is vibriolysin?
Vibriolysin is a noun.

Words near vibriolysin in the dictionary

  1. vibriocidal
  2. vibriocin
  3. vibriocins
  4. vibrioferrin
  5. vibrioid
  6. vibriolysin
  7. vibrion
  8. vibrionacean
  9. vibrionaceans
  10. vibriones
  11. vibrionic

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