BACTERIOCIN

Noun

bacteriocin (plural bacteriocins)

(biochemistry) Any of a class of antibiotic toxins, produced by some bacteria, that target closely related bacteria

Hyponyms

• agrocin

• alveicin

• bovicin

• carnocin

• closticin

• colicin

• curvaticin

• divercin

• enterocin

• enterolysin

• epidermin

• erwiniocin

• glycinecin

• halocin

• helveticin

• lactocin

• lactococcin

• lacticin

• leucoccin

• mesentericin

• nisin

• pectocin

• pediocin

• pesticin

• plantaricin

• sakacin

• subtilin

• sulfolobicin

• vibriocin

• warnerin

• weissellicin

Anagrams

• brecciation

Source: Wiktionary



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