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Escherichia coli

(Encyclopedia)Escherichia coli ĕshˌərĭkˈēə kōˈlī [key], common bacterium that normally inhabits the intestinal tracts of humans and animals, but can cause infection in other parts of the body, especially ...

Stresemann, Gustav

(Encyclopedia)Stresemann, Gustav go͝osˈtäf shtrāˈzəmän [key], 1878–1929, German statesman. A founder (1902) and director (until 1918) of the Association of Saxon Industrialists, Stresemann entered the Reic...

Thirty Years War

(Encyclopedia)Thirty Years War, 1618–48, general European war fought mainly in Germany. The general results of the war may be said to have been a tremendous decrease in German population; devastation of G...

Strelitz

(Encyclopedia)Strelitz: see Neustrelitz, Germany. ...

Ratisbon

(Encyclopedia)Ratisbon: see Regensburg, Germany. ...

Sarrelouis

(Encyclopedia)Sarrelouis: see Saarlouis, Germany. ...

Sassnitz

(Encyclopedia)Sassnitz, Germany: see Rügen.

Köln

(Encyclopedia)Köln, Germany: see Cologne.

Kottbus

(Encyclopedia)Kottbus: see Cottbus, Germany.

Neanderthal

(Encyclopedia)Neanderthal, Germany: see Neandertal. ...
 

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