coliphage
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co·li·phage
(kō'li-fāj, kol'i-), Avoid the mispronunciation ko'li-fahzh.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, however, specifically identify variant characteristics, for example, λdgal denotes the deficient prophage (coliphage) λ, which carries the bacterial gene gal (galactose).
[(Escherichia) coli + bacteriophage]
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coliphage
(kō′lə-fāj′)n.
A bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli.
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co·li·phage
(kol'i-fāj)A bacteriophage with an affinity for one or another strain of Escherichia coli.
[(Escherichia) coli + bacteriophage]
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