Escherichia coli

Synonyms:
  • E. coli
German: Escherichia coli
Japanese: 大腸菌

Microbiology. Named after Theodor Escherich, 1857 - 1911. A rod shaped gram-negative bacillus abundant in the colon of mammals. E. coli has been used very extensively in biochemical research.

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