Lexic.us

Definition of Escherichia coli

1. Noun. A species of bacterium normally present in intestinal tract of humans and other animals; sometimes pathogenic; can be a threat to food safety.

Medical Definition of Escherichia coli

1. The archetypal bacterium for biochemists, used very extensively in experimental work. A rod shaped gram-negative bacillus (0.5 x 3-5 m) abundant in the large intestine (colon) of mammals. Abbreviation: E. Coli This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Escherichia Coli

Literary usage of Escherichia coli

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions by Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw (1983)
"Pierce, NF Differential inhibitory effects of cholera toxoids and gangliosides on the enterotoxins of Vibrio cholerae and Escherichia coli. ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"STUDIES ON SOME CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF THE PATHOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF STRAINS OF Escherichia coli OF BOVINE ORIGIN By DG HARVEY and PHILLIDA CARNE Division of ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"We report here the isolation of forked circular molecules of colicin factor El (Col El) DNA from Escherichia coli which have properties that are consistent ..."

4. Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics by R. Dougherty, Edward R Dougherty (2005)
"[26] V. Venturi, “Control of rpoS transcription in Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas: why so different?' Mol. Microbiol., vol. 49, no. ..."

5. Biographical Memoirs by National Academy of Sciences Staff, National Academy Of Sciences (1980)
"Genetic analysis of streptomycin resistance in Escherichia coli. ... Drug dependence reversed by a ribosomal ambiguity mutation, ram, in Escherichia coli. ..."

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