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