E. coli

E. co·li   (ē kō'lī)    n.  A bacillus (Escherichia coli) normally found in the human gastrointestinal tract and existing as numerous strains, some of which are responsible for diarrheal diseases. Other strains have been used experimentally in molecular biology. [New Latin E(scherichia) colī, species name : after Theodor Escherich (1857-1911), German physician + Latin colī, genitive of colon, colon; see colon2.]

E. coli 

Main Entry: E. coli
Pronunciation: "E-'kO-"lI
Function: noun
Inflected Form: pl E. coli also E. colis
: a straightrod-shaped gram-negative bacterium (Escherichia coli of the family Enterobacteriaceae) that is used in public health as an indicator of fecal pollution (as of water or food) and in medicine andgenetics as a research organism and that occurs in various strains that may live as harmless inhabitants of the human lower intestine or may produce a toxin causing intestinal illness E. coli per gram of feces —John Schwartz> E. coli can survive … longer than all the other E. colis —Ed Geldreich>

E. coli (ē kō'lī)
n.
A bacillus Escherichia coli; a bacillus normally found in the human gastrointestinal tract and existing as numerous strains, some of which are responsible for diarrheal diseases. Other strains have been used experimentally in molecular biology.

E. coli   (ē kō'lī)  Pronunciation Key  A bacillus (Escherichia coli) normally found in the human gastrointestinal tract and occurring in numerous strains, some of which are responsible for diarrheal diseases. Other strains have important experimental uses in molecular biology.

E. coli Escherichia coli