bacteriocin immunity

id: GO:0030153
name: bacteriocin immunity
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A process that mediates resistance to a bacteriocin: any of a heterogeneous group of polypeptide antibiotics that are secreted by certain bacterial strains and are able to kill cells of other susceptible (frequently related) strains after adsorption at specific receptors on the cell surface. They include the colicins, and their mechanisms of action vary.

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