Escherichia coli
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Escherichia + Latin colī, genitive of colon, from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon, “colon”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- A taxonomic species within the family Enterobacteriaceae – one of the common gut flora or intestinal flora in mammals, with many identified strains, some of which are pathogenic.
- 1956, W. H. Ewing et al., Studies on the serology of the Escherichia coli group:
- Escherichia coli is an awkward name, but international agreement compels one to accept it in place of the old familiar title Bacterium coli.
Synonyms
[edit]- E. coli (abbreviation)
Hypernyms
[edit]- (species): Enterobacterales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family; Escherichia - genus
Derived terms
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Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]Escherichia coli
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References
[edit]- Escherichia coli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Escherichia coli on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Escherichia coli on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- List of sequenced bacterial genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Escherichia coli at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Escherichia coli at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Escherichia coli at World Register of Marine Species