Medical Definition of Colicins
1. Bacteriocins elaborated by strains of escherichia coli and related species. They are proteins or protein-lipopolysaccharide complexes lethal to other strains of the same species. (12 Dec 1998)
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Colicins
Literary usage of Colicins
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1. Biotechnology for Water Use and Conservation: The Mexico '96 Workshop by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Mexico '96 Workshop, Organisation for Economic Co-operation, Development., Zapata, Francisco BolĂvar (1997)
"... or colicins; similarly can we use phage, lytic to specific pathogens; or are
there protozoal species which can be seeded to graze the biofilms and ..."