English Explanatory Dictionary

ice-minus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A genetically modified bacterium created from Pseudomona syringae that inhibits the formation of ice crystals, thereby making some crops more frost tolerant.

Word forms

ice-minus ice minus

Etymology

Coined by Stephen Lindlow because it lacks the gene he calls "ice" that creates a protein which provides a regular surface for the formation of ice.

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