Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

e. coli

/ˈiː ˈkoʊ.laɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: e. -coli
IPA: /ˈiː ˈkoʊ.laɪ/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Escherichia coli, a species of bacteria.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We did have some success with uracil when we would preincorporate the uracil into a mutant of E. coli that had a uracil requirement and then feed this cellular content from E. coli."

Etymology

From an abbreviation of taxonomic name Escherichia coli.

Word Breakdown

Root: Escherichia coli

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

escherichia coli

Questions

How do you pronounce e. coli?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈiː ˈkoʊ.laɪ/.
What does e. coli mean?: Escherichia coli, a species of bacteria.
Where does e. coli come from?: From an abbreviation of taxonomic name Escherichia coli.

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