colicin

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col·i·cin

 (kŏl′ĭ-sĭn, kō′lĭ-)
n.
Any of various antibacterial proteins produced by certain strains of E. coli that inhibit or kill closely related species or strains of bacteria.

[New Latin colī, specific epithet of Escherichia colī; see E. coli + -(i)c + -in.]
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colicin

(ˈkɒlɪsɪn) or

colicine

n
a bacteriocidal protein
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