E. coli

English

Etymology

From an abbreviation of taxonomic name Escherichia coli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiː ˈkoʊ.laɪ/

Noun

E. coli (uncountable)

  1. Escherichia coli, a species of bacteria.
    • 2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 191:
      We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli.
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