coliform

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coliform

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From the genitive of Latin colon + -iform.

adjective

not comparable Of or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals.

noun coliforms

Such a bacterium. By contrast, nonaerogenic coliforms in human feces were only 2.5 per cent of the total coliform strains examined

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@misc{coliform_2026,
  title = {coliform},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/coliform},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}