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Colicin vs Colicine - What's the difference?

colicin | colicine | Alternative forms |

Colicin is an alternative form of colicine.


As nouns the difference between colicin and colicine

is that colicin is (protein) any of a class of protein, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kills but does not lyse other strains while colicine is any of various antibiotics produced naturally by bacteria such as escherichia coli .

colicin

Noun

(en noun)
  • (protein) Any of a class of protein, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kills but does not lyse other strains.
  • colicine

    English

    Alternative forms

    * colicin

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various antibiotics produced naturally by bacteria such as Escherichia coli .
  • See also

    * bacteriocin