大腸菌
Meanings
1
Escherichia coli; E. coli; colon bacterium
A noun for the bacterium E. coli, often mentioned in food safety, hygiene, medicine, and biology. The gloss “colon bacterium” is descriptive; in ordinary use 大腸菌 most commonly points to E. coli rather than just any intestinal bacterium.
No E. coli was detected in the tap water.
E. coli is a bacterium found in the intestines of humans and animals.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉から大腸菌が検出されるE. coli is detected from a place/sample
E. coli was detected in the well water.
- 大腸菌に感染するto be infected with E. coli
He got infected with E. coli after eating raw meat.
- 大腸菌を培養するto culture E. coli (in a lab)
They are culturing E. coli in the laboratory.
- 大腸菌が繁殖するE. coli multiplies/proliferates
E. coli tends to multiply quickly if left at room temperature.