COLIPHAGE Definition & Meaning

coliphage

[ kol-uh-feyj ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any bacteriophage that specifically infects the Escherichia coli bacterium.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of coliphage¹

1940–45; < New Latin coli- ( coliform ) + -phage

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Some phages like Coliphage 186 have figured out that they don't need their own viral CI protein if they have a short DNA sequence in their chromosomes that bacterial LexA can bind to.

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Scientists first reported CI's role in phage decision-making in the 1980s and Coliphage 186's counterintelligence trick in the late 1990s.

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