Pediocin

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"Bacteriocin with similar molecular weights reported from past studies included pediocin A from Pediococcus acidilactici [34 ] and bacteriocin ST33LD from Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp."

Etymology

From Pediococcus + -cin.

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