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pediocin

pediocin

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Noun

pediocin (plural pediocins)

  1. Any of a class of bacteriocin from bacteria of the genus Pediococcus
    • 2015 October 17, “Purification and Characterization of Bacteriocin Produced by Weissella confusa A3 of Dairy Origin”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0140434:
      Bacteriocin with similar molecular weights reported from past studies included pediocin A from Pediococcus acidilactici [34 ] and bacteriocin ST33LD from Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp.