Plural of colicine; multiple types or instances of antibacterial protein toxins from E. coli bacteria.
Regular English pluralization of 'colicine,' adding '-s' to the singular form. Part of 20th-century molecular biology terminology.
Scientists discovered that different E. coli strains produce different colicines, creating a kind of microscopic 'chemical grammar' where bacteria speak to each other in molecular languages we're still learning to read!
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