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E. coli

/ˈiː ˈkoʊ.laɪ/

E. coli noun: escherichia coli, a species of bacteria.

Noun

E. coli (uncountable)

  1. Escherichia coli, a species of bacteria.
    • 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.2013, W. C. Corning, Stanley C. Ratner, Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research, page 191

Origin of E. coli

From an abbreviation of taxonomic name Escherichia coli.

Questions about E. coli

What does E. coli mean?
E. coli means escherichia coli, a species of bacteria.
What part of speech is E. coli?
E. coli is a noun.
How do you pronounce E. coli?
E. coli is pronounced /ˈiː ˈkoʊ.laɪ/.

Words near E. coli in the dictionary

  1. e-writing
  2. e-zine
  3. e-zines
  4. e.
  5. E. A. D. A.
  6. E. coli
  7. e. g.
  8. e. gr.
  9. E. P. R.
  10. E. R.
  11. E. Rodriguez

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