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colicin

colicin noun: any of a class of proteins, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kill but do not lyse other strains.

Noun

colicin (plural colicins)

  1. Any of a class of proteins, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kill but do not lyse other strains

Forms of colicin

pluralcolicins

Origin of colicin

From French colicine, from coli- + -cine, with ending formed by analogy from antibiotics like auréomycine, streptomycine, with second element from myc- + -ine.

Words formed from colicin

Questions about colicin

What does colicin mean?
Colicin means any of a class of proteins, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kill but do not lyse other strains.
What part of speech is colicin?
Colicin is a noun.
What is the plural of colicin?
The plural of colicin is colicins.

Words near colicin in the dictionary

  1. colicensed
  2. colicenses
  3. colicensing
  4. colichemarde
  5. colichemardes
  6. colicin
  7. colicine
  8. colicines
  9. colicinogenic
  10. colicinogenicity
  11. colicinogeny

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