infantaricin

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English

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Etymology

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Latin infantarius m (infantry) +‎ -cin (bacteriocin-forming suffix), named after translingual Streptococcus infantarius m.

Noun

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infantaricin (plural infantaricins)

  1. Any of a group of bacteriocins produced by a strain of Streptococcus infantarius