colicin
nounEtymology From French colicine, from coli- + -cine, with ending formed by analogy from antibiotics like auréomycine, streptomycine, with second element from myc- + -ine.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Any of a class of proteins, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kill but do not lyse other strains
- Derived terms
- colicinogenic