colicin

== English == === Etymology === From French colicine, from coli- +‎ -cine, with ending formed by analogy from antibiotics like auréomycine, streptomycine, with second element from myc- +‎ -ine. === Noun === colicin (plural colicins) (biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kill but do not lyse other strains ==== Derived terms ==== colicinogenic === Anagrams === clinico-