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ALL meanings of colicin

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  • noun colicin a bacteriocidal protein 3
  • noun colicin any bacteriocin produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli and having a lethal effect on strains other than the producing strain. 1
  • noun colicin (biochemistry) Any of a class of protein, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kills but does not lyse other strains. 0
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