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Escherichia coli Definition


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Escherichia coli
noun
    1. biol.
      A species of bacterium that occurs naturally in the intestines of vertebrates including humans, and which sometimes causes disease.
Etymology: 19c: named after the German physician T Escherich (died 1911).



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