Coliform
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Coliform is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals.
More Meanings
- Such a bacterium.
Example Sentences
By contrast, nonaerogenic coliforms in human feces were only 2.5 per cent of the total coliform strains examined
The three water samples for total coliform bacteria were 57,000 CFUs, 43,000 CFUs and 45,000 CFUs. (Colony-forming units, or CFUs, estimate the number of bacteria or fungal cells that have the ability to multiply in a sample.)
Differential biochemical or physiological characteristics which correlate with aerogenesis at elevated incubation temperatures will be adapted towards a fecal coliform procedure and towards converting a total coliform procedure under development to give a fecal coliform count as well.
Word Forms
- coliforms
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include colonic, colic, colitic, colonogenic, enterocolitic, gastrocolic.
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