COLICIN


Meaning of COLICIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkō-lə-sən ]

noun

also co·li·cine -ˌsēn

Etymology: French colicine, from col- + -cine (as in streptomycine streptomycin)

Date: 1946

: any of various antibacterial substances produced by strains of intestinal bacteria (as of E. coli)

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