Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An antibacterial substance, such as colicin, that is produced by certain bacteria and kills or inhibits the growth of closely related species or other strains within the same species.
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- noun biochemistry Any of a class of
antibiotic toxins , produced by somebacteria , that target closely related bacteria
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Like bacteriocin from a rhizosphere-colonizing plant, I would have said, just googling for an amusing possibility.
"Republicans are out to crush Barack by painting him as a leftwinger..." Ann Althouse 2008
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Transfer of bacteriocin production to microbial starter cultures could improve the safety of fermented products.
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The lactic acid bacteria naturally contain from one to more than ten distinct plasmids, and metabolically important traits, including lactose-fermenting ability, bacteriophage resistance, and bacteriocin production, have been linked to plasmid DNA.
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Sakacin A is a bacteriocin produced by a strain of Lactobacillus.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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John Floros, professor and head of food science, and Valentina Trinetta, a visiting scholar from the University of Milan, Italy -- also confirmed the feasibility of using active pullulan films to deliver a bacteriocin directly to a food surface.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories PhysOrg Team 2010
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Sakacin A is a bacteriocin produced by a strain of Lactobacillus.
Penn State Live 2010
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John Floros, professor and head of food science, and Valentina Trinetta, a visiting scholar from the University of Milan, Italy -- also confirmed the feasibility of using active pullulan films to deliver a bacteriocin directly to a food surface.
Penn State Live 2010
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Lactococcus lactis, and is the only bacteriocin recognized as safe by the World Health Organization (WHO) for use within food production, and the authors said that it exhibits antimicrobial activity toward a wide range of Gram-positive bacteria, nisin was incorporated into sorbitol-plasticized sodium caseinate films at 1000 IU/cm2 and the films were prepared by casting methods.
DairyReporter RSS jane.byrne@decisionnews.com 2010
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Sakacin A is a bacteriocin produced by a strain of Lactobacillus.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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John Floros, professor and head of food science, and Valentina Trinetta, a visiting scholar from the University of Milan, Italy -- also confirmed the feasibility of using active pullulan films to deliver a bacteriocin directly to a food surface.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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