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)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colicins
Literary usage of Colicins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
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 Bolívar (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 ..."
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