bacteriocin

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Etymology

From bacterio- +‎ -cin, from English colicin.

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Noun

bacteriocin (plural bacteriocins)

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

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