-cin
bacteriocin
Suffix
- bacteriocin
- Antibiotic substance.
Origin
From English colicin, from French colicine, from coli- + -cine, with ending formed by analogy from antibiotics like auréomycine, streptomycine, with second element from myc- + -ine.
bacteriocin
From English colicin, from French colicine, from coli- + -cine, with ending formed by analogy from antibiotics like auréomycine, streptomycine, with second element from myc- + -ine.