coli

Meanings

Plural: coli

Noun

Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.

Origin / Etymology

Ellipsis of Bacterium coli or Bacillus coli, obsolete taxonomic names of the species (now called Escherichia coli). The word itself derives from Latin colī, genitive of colon (“colon, large intestine”).

Synonyms

colibacillus

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