Escherichia coli

[ esh-uh-rik-ee-uh koh-lahy ]

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noun

, Bacteriology.

E. coli.

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Word History and Origins

From New Latin; named after Theodor Escherich (died 1911), German physician + coli, genitive singular of Latin colon “large intestine,” used as a specific epithet for Escherichia; -ia colon ²

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Escherichia Escher, M. C.

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