Abstract
Colicine V has been obtained from the culture medium in which the colicinogenic bacillus E. coli K357 L_T is grown. The material is electrophoretically homogeneous and proves to be a lipocarbohydrate protein complex identical with the type-specific O antigen of the parent bacillus. Colicine V is toxic both for mice and for rabbits and readily stimulates the elaboration of precipitins and bacterial agglutinins, as well as antibodies which neutralize the antibacterial activity of the colicine itself. The colicine is also toxic for certain strains of Enterobacteriaceae. Although colicine V and colicine K, previously described in this laboratory, have many properties in common, they exhibit no cross-serological relationship whatsoever.
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