E. coli definition

E. coli means the bacteria Escherichia coli.
E. coli means Escherichia coli, a species of bacteria used as a specific indicator of fecal contamination and potential harmful pathogens.
E. coli means Escherichia coli bacteria.

Examples of E. coli in a sentence

  • No investigation by Purchaser prior to or after the date of this Agreement shall diminish or obviate any of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of Sellers contained in this Agreement or the Seller Documents.

  • Density < 3 MPN/ 4 g of total dry solids • Helminth egg concentration of < 1/g total solids (WHO, 2006) • E coli of 1000/g total solids (WHO, 2006).

  • The addition of SaniDate® 5.0 to the first wash at half the recommended concentration did not reduce E coli levels to the same extent and was comparable to double washing, particularly for greens.

  • Despite advances in understanding E coli O157:H7, the epidemiology of the pathogen is still unclear.9 The pathogen is ubiquitous in agricultural environments and may be spread through a variety of species, wild and domestic.

  • This project models the supply chain characteristics that may contribute to an influence of county geographic location on county case counts in the 2018 E coli O157:H7 outbreak associated with romaine lettuce from Yuma county, Arizona.


More Definitions of E. coli

E. coli means Escherichia coli.
E. coli means Escherichia coli bacteria. Counts of these organisms are typically used to indicate potential contamination from sewage or to describe a level of needed disinfection, typically ex- pressed as colony forming units/100 mL.
E. coli means a specific bacterial species included in the fecal coliform bacteria group, the presence of which in surface waters has been correlated with gastrointestinal illness in swimmers.
E. coli means Escherichia coliform;
E. coli means any of the bacterium in the family Enterobacteriaceae named Escherichia (genus) coli (species).
E. coli or “Escherichia coli” means a species of fecal coliform that thrives at the body temperature of mammals;
E. coli means any of the bacterium in the Family Enterobacteriaceae