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colonisation factors(medicine)
genetic colonisation(medicine)
capsicum(dictionary)
capsicum(dictionary)
Capsicum(medicine)
Capsicum(recipes)
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colonisation factors (medicine) and capsicum (iou)


colonisation factors (medicine)


colonisation factors
<microbiology> The pili on enteropathogenic forms of E. Coli facilitate adhesion of the bacteria to receptors (probably GM1 gangliosides) on gut epithelial cells and are often referred to as colonisation or adherence factors.

Colonisation factor antigens may be plasmid coded, are essential for pathogenicity and are strain specific, for example K88 diarrhoea in piglets), CFAI and CFAII on strains causing similar disease in man.


capsicum (iou)



capsicum noun. L16.
[mod. Latin, perh. from Latin capsa CASE noun2.]
Any plant of the tropical genus Capsicum, of the nightshade family, esp. C. annuum, different forms of which bear chilli peppers and sweet peppers; the fruit of such a plant, esp. one of the more pungent varieties.
capsicine [-si:n] noun (now rare or obsolete) (Chemistry) a substance formerly regarded as an alkaloid responsible for the pungency of capsicums M19.