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Escherichia Coli

Definition: Escherichia Coli

Escherichia Coli

Noun

1. Normally present in intestinal tract of humans and other animals; sometimes pathogenic.

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Specialty Definitions: Escherichia Coli

DomainDefinitions

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 Coli

Synonym: E. coli (Bacteria). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Escherichia Coli

English words defined with "Escherichia coli": intestinal flora. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Escherichia coli": Adhesins, Escherichia colicalf scours, Causes of gastroenteritis, Colicins, Coliphagesenteric colibacillosis of calves, enteric colibacillosis of lambs, enteric colibacillosis of piglets, Escherichia coli Infections, Escherichia coli O157, Escherichia coli tryptophan reversion system, Escherichia coli VaccinesGroEL Protein, GroES ProteinLac OperonN-Formylmethioninepiglet diarrhoea, piglet scoursShiga Toxins, Shiga-Like Toxin I, Shiga-Like Toxin IIwhite 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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Commercial Usage: Escherichia Coli

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References

  • The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Diarrheagenic Escherichia Coli (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Metal Ion Cooperativity in Escherichia Coli Rnase P Rna (Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty Science and Technology, 721 (reference)

  • On the Cell Cycle of Escherichia Coli and Cell Division in Haloferax Mediterranei (Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty o (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Photo Album: 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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Non-Fiction Usage: Escherichia Coli

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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: Escherichia Coli

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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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Escherichia Coli

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

escherichia coli

232

escherichia coli bacterium

4
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Modern Translations: Escherichia Coli

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

   

Portuguese

  

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)

   

Spanish

  

sistema de reversión del triptofan de Escherichia coli (Escherichia coli tryptophan reversion system), colibacilosis (colibacillosis, colibacteriosis, Escherichia coli infection). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kolibakterie (bacterium coli, coliform organism), colibakterie. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Escherichia Coli

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Escherichia coli. (various references)

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Anagrams: Escherichia Coli

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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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Alternative Orthography: Escherichia Coli


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 73 63 68 65 72 69 63 68 69 61      43 6F 6C 69

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

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)

&#69 &#115 &#99 &#104 &#101 &#114 &#105 &#99 &#104 &#105 &#97 &#32 &#67 &#111 &#108 &#105

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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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Translations: Ancient
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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