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COLICINS, bactericidal agents elaborated by many strains of the Enterobacteriaceae, have been classified as antibiotics1. Purified preparations of four colicins have been identified as lipocarbohydrate proteins2–5; a fifth apparently lacks the lipid component6. This communication presents evidence that an inducible colicin from Escherichia coli, WT15 (ref. 7), may be a defective bacteriophage.
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SANDOVAL, H., REILLY, H. & TANDLER, B. Colicin 15: Possibly a Defective Bacteriophage. Nature 205, 522–523 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/205522a0
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