coliform

CEFRC1

/kˈoʊləˌfɔrm/

noun · adjective

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Of or pertaining to the bacteria that inhabit the intestines (especially the colon) of mammals.

In context

Coliform bacteria indicate water contamination.
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.)

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By contrast, nonaerogenic coliforms in human feces were only 2.5 per cent of the total coliform strains examined
1969 May 20, Edwin E Geldreich, “Applying bacteriological parameters to recreational water quality”, in Journal‐American Water Works Association
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.
1973, Water Resources Research Catalog - Volume 8, Issue 1, page 732
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.)
2017 September 1, Susan Scutti, “Sewage, fecal bacteria in Hurricane Harvey floodwaters”, in CNN

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From the genitive of Latin colon + -iform.