E. coli

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E. coli

/ˈiː ˈkoʊ.laɪ/

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From an abbreviation of taxonomic name Escherichia coli.

noun

uncountable Escherichia coli, a species of bacteria. 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.

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@misc{e_coli_2026,
  title = {E. coli},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/e.%20coli},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}