coliform

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English

Etymology

From the genitive of Latin colon +‎ -iform.

Adjective

coliform (not comparable)

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

Noun

coliform (plural coliforms)

  1. Such a bacterium.
    • 1969 May 20, Edwin E Geldreich, “Applying bacteriological parameters to recreational water quality”, in Journal‐American Water Works Association:
      By contrast, nonaerogenic coliforms in human feces were only 2.5 per cent of the total coliform strains examined
    • 1973, Water Resources Research Catalog - Volume 8, Issue 1, page 732:
      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.