English edit

Etymology edit

From Pediococcus +‎ -cin.

Noun edit

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[1], →DOI:
      Bacteriocin with similar molecular weights reported from past studies included pediocin A from Pediococcus acidilactici [34 ] and bacteriocin ST33LD from Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp.