Escherichia coli

Translingual

Escherichia coli

Etymology

From Escherichia + Latin colī, genitive of colon, from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon, “colon”).

Pronunciation

• English: (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.ʃəˈɹɪ.kjə ˈkʰoʊ.laɪ/

Proper noun

Escherichia coli f

1. 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

• E. coli (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

• (species): Enterobacterales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family; Escherichia - genus

Derived terms

English

• AIEC
• DAEC
• EAEC
• EHEC
• EIEC
• EPEC
• ETEC
• MNEC
• STEC
• UPEC
• VTEC

 

Related terms

• Bacillus coli, Bacterium coli

Translations

Escherichia coli

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大腸桿菌／大肠杆菌 (zh) (dàcháng gǎnjūn)

• French: Escherichia coli (fr)
• Italian: Escherichia coli
• Japanese: 大腸菌 (だいちょうきん, daichōkin)
• Korean: 대장균(大腸菌) (ko) (daejanggyun)
• Portuguese: Escherichia coli
• Russian: кишечная палочка f (kišečnaja paločka)
• Spanish: Escherichia coli
• Vietnamese: vi khuẩn đại tràng (微菌大腸)

References

• 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