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Meaning of coli | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈkoʊ.laɪ/

Definitions

Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.

attributive, often

Equivalents

Examples

“Five of the strains of E. coli are related to only one of the S. dysenteriae strains. Three of the coli are related to two of the strains of S. dysenteriae, four are related to three of the S. dysenteriae strains, and one, A-H6, is related to all.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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