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E. coli
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English
Escherichia coli
Entamoeba coli
Etymology
From an abbreviation of en mul-tax Escherichia coli.
Pronunciation
en /ˈiː ˈkoʊ.laɪ/
Noun
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Escherichia coli species, a species of bacteria.
en 2013 W. C. Corning; Stanley C. Ratner Chemistry of Learning: Invertebrate Research 191 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.