Escherichia coli*: Meaning and Definition of
Esch•e•rich•i•a co•li
Pronunciation: (esh"u-rik'ē-u kō'lī), [key] — n. Bacteriol.
- a species of rod-shaped, facultatively anaerobic bacteria in the large intestine of humans and other animals, sometimes pathogenic.
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