coliphage

coliphage
Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli

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  • Coliphage — A coliphage is a type of bacteriophage that infects Escherichia coli. Examples include Bacteriophage lambda and Leviviridae. External links MeSH Coliphages Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coliphage Categories: Bacteriophages | Virus… …   Wikipedia

  • 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 — 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

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