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大腸菌 (daichoukin) Japanese meaning: Escherichia coli | Kotomora
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No E. coli was detected in the tap water.
E. coli is a bacterium found in the intestines of humans and animals.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 から 大だい 腸ちょう 菌きん が 検けん 出しゅつ される E. coli is detected from a place/sample
E. coli was detected in the well water.
大だい 腸ちょう 菌きん に 感かん 染せん する to be infected with E. coli
He got infected with E. coli after eating raw meat.
大だい 腸ちょう 菌きん を 培ばい 養よう する to culture E. coli (in a lab)
They are culturing E. coli in the laboratory.
大だい 腸ちょう 菌きん が 繁はん 殖しょく する E. coli multiplies/proliferates
E. coli tends to multiply quickly if left at room temperature.
Kanji 腸 intestines, guts, bowels Related words 細菌 is the general term for any bacterium, while 大腸菌 refers specifically to E. coli.
腸内細菌 covers all bacteria living in the intestines, whereas 大腸菌 names one specific species among them.
Word family coliform count; total coliform
pathogenic E. coli; enterohemorrhagic E. coli
enterohemorrhagic E. coli; EHEC
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound: 大腸 means “large intestine; colon” and 菌 means “bacterium; fungus.” The spelling transparently matches the descriptive meaning “colon bacterium,” specifically E. coli in modern usage.
