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<bacteria>
<microbiology> The archetypal bacterium for biochemists, used very extensively in experimental work. A rod shaped gram-negative bacillus (0.5 x 3-5 m) abundant in the large intestine (colon) of mammals.
Abbreviation: E. coli
(11 Mar 2008)
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