ESCHERICHIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does escherichia mean? 

• ESCHERICHIA (noun)
  The noun ESCHERICHIA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of enteric bacteria

  Familiarity information: ESCHERICHIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESCHERICHIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of enteric bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("escherichia" is a kind of...):

enteric bacteria; enterics; enterobacteria; entric (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "escherichia"):

E. coli; Escherichia coli (a species of bacterium normally present in intestinal tract of humans and other animals; sometimes pathogenic; can be a threat to food safety)

Holonyms ("escherichia" is a member of...):

genus Escherichia (a genus of bacteria)

 Context examples 

Escherichia coli and strain O111 can be isolated from livestock such as cattle.

(Escherichia coli strain O111, NCI Thesaurus)