COLIPHAGE

coliphage

(noun) a bacteriophage that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

coliphage (plural coliphages)

Any of several bacteriophages that can infect strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

29 November 2024

POPULATED

(adjective) furnished with inhabitants; “the area is well populated”; “forests populated with all kinds of wild life”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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