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Definition: Escherichia Coli |
Escherichia ColiNoun1. Normally present in intestinal tract of humans and other animals; sometimes pathogenic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce diarrhea and pyogenic infections. (references) |
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Synonym: Escherichia ColiSynonym: E. coli (Bacteria). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Escherichia Coli |
| English words defined with "Escherichia coli": intestinal flora. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Escherichia coli": Adhesins, Escherichia coli ♦ calf scours, Causes of gastroenteritis, Colicins, Coliphages ♦ enteric colibacillosis of calves, enteric colibacillosis of lambs, enteric colibacillosis of piglets, Escherichia coli Infections, Escherichia coli O157, Escherichia coli tryptophan reversion system, Escherichia coli Vaccines ♦ GroEL Protein, GroES Protein ♦ Lac Operon ♦ N-Formylmethionine ♦ piglet diarrhoea, piglet scours ♦ Shiga Toxins, Shiga-Like Toxin I, Shiga-Like Toxin II ♦ white scours. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Escherichia Coli" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (Adhesins, Escherichia coli, Campylobacter coli, Escherichia, escherichia coli, Escherichia coli O157, Meningitis, Escherichia coli). |
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Escherichia coli in spinal fluid. FA stain (digitally colorized).Credit: CDC. | E. coli O157:H7 is one of hundreds of strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli, which can cause severe bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps, and in some cases even death.Credit: CDC. | ||
Escherichia coli is the most common aerobic bacteria found in the large intestine of healthy individuals, and accounts for 90-95% of all the aerobic bacteria.Credit: CDC. | Escherichia coli is the most common aerobic bacteria found in the large intestine of healthy individuals, and accounts for 90-95% of all the aerobic bacteria.Credit: CDC. | ||
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Health | Dupont HL, Mathewson JJ. Escherichia coli diarrhea. (references) | |
The rOspA protein is expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. (references) | ||
Escherichia coli is a bacterium that normally lives in the intestines of humans and other animals. (references) | ||
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Expressions using "Escherichia coli": Escherichia coli infection ♦ Escherichia coli Infections ♦ Escherichia coli O157 ♦ Escherichia coli tryptophan reversion system ♦ Escherichia coli Vaccines. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
escherichia coli | 232 |
escherichia coli bacterium | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "Escherichia coli"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tilbagemutation hos Escherichia coli i tryptophan (Escherichia coli tryptophan reversion system), colibacilliose (colibacillosis, colibacteriosis, Escherichia coli infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | escherichia coli. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | Escherichia coli-ruokamyrkytys (escherichia coli food-borne infection), kolibasilloosi (colibacillosis, colibacteriosis, Escherichia coli infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Escherichia coli entérohémorragique (enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli), toxi-infection due Escherichia coli (escherichia coli food-borne infection), système de réversion au tryptophane d'Escherichia coli (Escherichia coli tryptophan reversion system), infection Escherichia coli (Escherichia coli infection), colibacillose (Escherichia coli infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Escherichia Coli Tryptophan-Reversionssystem (Escherichia coli tryptophan reversion system). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | εσχεριχία του κώλου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sistema di reversione del triptofano in Escherichia coli (Escherichia coli tryptophan reversion system), colibacillosi (colibacillosis, colibacteriosis, Escherichia coli infection). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 大腸菌 (colon bacterium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いちょうき" (colon bacterium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | escherichiaay olicay sistema de reversão de triptofano da Escherichia coli (Escherichia coli tryptophan reversion system), colibacilose (calf scours, colibacillosis, colibacteriosis, Escherichia coli infection, white scours). (various references) sistema de reversión del triptofan de Escherichia coli (Escherichia coli tryptophan reversion system), colibacilosis (colibacillosis, colibacteriosis, Escherichia coli infection). (various references) kolibakterie (bacterium coli, coliform organism), colibakterie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Escherichia coli. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-h-h-i-i-i-l-o-r-s" | |
-5 letters: chiccories. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 73 63 68 65 72 69 63 68 69 61      43 6F 6C 69 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110011 01100011 01101000 01100101 01110010 01101001 01100011 01101000 01101001 01100001 00100000 01000011 01101111 01101100 01101001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E s c h e r i c h i a   C o l i |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0073 0063 0068 0065 0072 0069 0063 0068 0069 0061      0043 006F 006C 0069 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3985697471847569747567237817875 |
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