Escherichia coli

Translingual

Escherichia coli

Etymology

From Escherichia + Latin cōlī, genitive of cōlon, from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon, “colon”).

Pronunciation

(English) IPA^(key): /ˌɛ.ʃəˈɹɪ.kjə ˈkʰoʊ.laɪ/

Proper noun

Escherichia coli f

A taxonomic species within the family Enterobacteriaceae – one of the common gut flora or intestinal flora in mammals, with many identified strains, some of which are pathogenic.

Synonyms

E. coli (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

(species): Enterobacterales - order; Enterobacteriaceae - family; Escherichia - genus

Derived terms

English

AIEC
DAEC
EAEC
EHEC
EIEC
EPEC
ETEC
MNEC
STEC
UPEC
VTEC

Related terms

Bacillus coli, Bacterium coli

Translations

Escherichia coli

Chinese:
Mandarin: 大腸桿菌／大肠杆菌 (zh) (dàcháng gǎnjūn)
French: Escherichia coli (fr)
Italian: Escherichia coli
Japanese: 大腸菌 (だいちょうきん, daichōkin)
Korean: 대장균(大腸菌) (ko) (daejanggyun)
Portuguese: Escherichia coli
Russian: кише́чная па́лочка f (kišéčnaja páločka)
Spanish: Escherichia coli
Vietnamese: vi khuẩn đại tràng (微菌大腸)

References

Escherichia coli on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Escherichia coli on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Escherichia coli on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
List of sequenced bacterial genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Escherichia coli at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Escherichia coli at Encyclopedia of Life
Escherichia coli at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Escherichia coli at World Register of Marine Species

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