nukacin

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noun

Any of a group of bacteriostatic lantibiotics produced by Staphylococcus warneri.

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nounnukacin (plural nukacins)

plural nukacins

  1. Any of a group of bacteriostatic lantibiotics produced by Staphylococcus warneri.

    Genes M and T are likely involved in posttranslational modification and secretion of nukacin ISK-1, while -F, -E, and -G are predicted to be membrane bound and provide self-protection.

    2016, Tomas G. Villa, New Weapons to Control Bacterial Growth, page 196
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