what does Escherichia coli mean?
ESCHERICHIA COLI as NOUN
- Meaning
- a species of bacterium normally present in intestinal tract of humans and other animals
- sometimes pathogenic
- can be a threat to food safety
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) Escherichia coli is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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