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coliphage

American

[kol-uh-feyj] / ˈkɒl əˌfeɪdʒ /

noun

any bacteriophage that specifically infects the Escherichia coli bacterium.

Etymology

Origin of coliphage

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

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