Bacteriocide
bacteriocide
bacteriocide bac·te·ri·o·cide (bāk-tēr’ē-ə-sīd’) or bac·te·ri·cide (-tēr’ĭ-sīd’)
n.
an agent that destroys bacteria.
bac·te’ri·o·cid’al (-sīd’l) adj.
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- Bacteriocin
bacteriocin bacteriocin bac·te·ri·o·cin (bāk-tēr’ē-ə-sĭn’) n. an antibacterial substance, such as colicin, produced by a strain of bacteria and harmful to another strain within the same family.
- Bacteriocinogen
bacteriocinogen bacteriocinogen bac·te·ri·o·cin·o·gen (bāk-tēr’ē-ə-sĭn’ə-jən) n. a bacterial plasmid that controls the synthesis of bacteriocin. also called bacteriocinogenic plasmid.
- Bacteriogenic
bacteriogenic bacteriogenic bac·te·ri·o·gen·ic (bāk-tēr’ē-ə-jěn’ĭk) or bac·te·ri·og·e·nous (-ŏj’ə-nəs) adj. caused by bacteria.
- Bacterioid
bacteroid. also, bacterioidal. bacteroid.