大肠杆菌

大腸桿菌

dàchánggǎnjūn

noun #35,208

Meanings

1 Escherichia coli
2 E. coli

Characters

bacterium, fungus

Examples

这批蔬菜大肠杆菌超标。

Zhè pī shūcài dàcháng gǎnjūn chāobiāo.

This batch of vegetables has excessive E. coli levels.

大肠杆菌感染可能导致腹泻。

Dàcháng gǎnjūn gǎnrǎn kěnéng dǎozhì fùxiè.

An E. coli infection can cause diarrhea.

Tips

memory

Literally 'large-intestine rod-bacterium' — Chinese named the organism for where it lives (大肠 colon) and its shape (杆 rod), perfectly mirroring the Latin coli (of the colon) and the rod-shaped bacillus description.

Stroke Order

大 dà

肠 cháng

杆 gān

菌 jūn