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![]() | Food-Info.net> Questions and Answers > Food Safety > E. coli Where does the name Escherichia coli come from ?The species name coli is derived from the colon, as the bacterium is a normal inhabitant of the gastro-intestinal tract of humans and animals. More bacterial names formed from personal names : http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/personalnames.html |
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