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coliforms

coliforms is the plural of coliform.

Meaning of coliform

Noun

coliform (plural coliforms)

  1. Such a bacterium.
    • By contrast, nonaerogenic coliforms in human feces were only 2.5 per cent of the total coliform strains examined1969 May 20, Edwin E Geldreich, “Applying bacteriological parameters to recreational water quality”, in Journal‐American Water Works Association

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Questions about coliforms

What is coliforms the plural of?
Coliforms is the plural of coliform.

Words near coliforms in the dictionary

  1. colicwood
  2. colid
  3. colids
  4. colies
  5. coliform
  6. coliforms
  7. coligand
  8. coligands
  9. Colignan
  10. coliid
  11. coliids

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