escherichia coliform
41Columbia Slough — Coordinates: 45°38′36″N 122°46′07″W / 45.64333°N 122.76861°W / 45.64333; 122.76861 …
42colicin — /kol euh sin/, n. Pharm. any bacteriocin produced by certain strains of Escherichia coli and having a lethal effect on strains other than the producing strain. [1945 50; < F colicine, equiv. to coli (see COLIFORM) + cine, prob. extracted from… …
43coliphage — /kol euh fayj /, n. any bacteriophage that specifically infects the Escherichia coli bacterium. [1940 45; < NL coli (see COLIFORM) + PHAGE] * * * …
44nucleic acid — /nooh klee ik, klay , nyooh /, Biochem. any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides. [1890 95; NUCLE(US) + IC;… …
45virus — viruslike, adj. /vuy reuhs/, n., pl. viruses. 1. an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts, mainly bacteria, plants, and animals: composed of an RNA …
46pharmaceutical industry — Producers of pharmaceuticals, substances used in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and the modification of organic functions. The earliest records of medicinal plants and minerals are those of the ancient Chinese, Hindu, and… …
47Types of bacteria that cause disease in humans — ▪ Table Types of bacteria that cause disease in humans bacteria primary diseases in humans bacillus anthracis anthrax Bacteroides species abscess Bordetella pertussis whooping cough Borrelia burgdorferi Lyme disease Campylobacter species… …
48Enterobacteriaceae — A family of aerobic, facultatively anaerobic, nonsporeforming bacteria (order Eubacteriales) containing Gram negative rods. Some species are nonmotile, and nonmotile variants of motile species occur; the motile cells are …
49IMViC — Acronym for indole production, methyl red, Voges Proskauer reaction, and ability to use citrate as a sole source of carbon (i inserted for euphony); used primarily to differentiate Escherichia coli from Enterobacter aerogenes and related… …
50paracolon — para·co·lon kō lən n any of several coliform bacteria that do not ferment lactose, are causative agents of a number of human gastroenteritides, and have sometimes been grouped in a separate genus (Paracolobactrum) but are now assigned to other… …
