A coliphage is a type of bacteriophage that infects Escherichia coli.
Examples include Bacteriophage lambda and Leviviridae.
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coliphage — noun Date: 1944 any bacteriophage active against E. coli … New Collegiate Dictionary
coliphage — /kol euh fayj /, n. any bacteriophage that specifically infects the Escherichia coli bacterium. [1940 45; < NL coli (see COLIFORM) + PHAGE] * * * … Universalium
coliphage — noun Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli … Wiktionary
coliphage — A bacteriophage with an affinity for one or another strain of Escherichia coli. In general, coliphages, like other bacteriophages, are known by symbols that have significance only as a means of laboratory identification; additional notations,… … Medical dictionary
coliphage — col·i·phage … English syllables
coliphage — col•i•phage [[t]ˈkɒl əˌfeɪdʒ[/t]] n. mcr any bacteriophage that specifically infects the Escherichia coli bacterium • Etymology: 1940–45; < NL coli + phage … From formal English to slang
coliphage — noun a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli • Hypernyms: ↑bacteriophage, ↑phage * * * ˈkäləˌfāj noun ( s) Etymology: col (II) + phage : a bacteriophage active agai … Useful english dictionary
bacteriophage — A virus with specific affinity for bacteria. Bacteriophages have been found in association with essentially all groups of bacteria, including the Cyanobacteria; like other viruses they contain either (but never both) RNA or DNA and vary in… … Medical dictionary
Microviridae — Systematik Reich: Viren Ordnung: nicht klassifiziert Familie: Microviridae Taxonomische Merkmale Genom: (+)ssDNA … Deutsch Wikipedia
col- — I. see com II. combining form or coli or colo Etymology: New Latin, from Latin colon 1. colon < colitis > < colostomy > 2. [New Latin Escherichia coli, species of colon bacillus] E. coli … New Collegiate Dictionary
