| 释义 |
colon bacillus
noun
Etymology: colon (I)
: any of a number of bacilli especially of the genera Escherichia and Aerobacter normally commensal in vertebrate intestines or living in soil and only occasionally of pathogenic significance although one species (E. coli) may be implicated in urinary tract and biliary infections and in a variety of suppurative lesions especially in the tropics and another (A. aerogenes) has been reported as a cause of cystitis |