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▪ I. coliform, a.1|ˈkəʊlɪfɔːm|
[f. L. type *cōliform-is, f. cōl-um strainer: see -form.]
‘Resembling a strainer or sieve, cribriform; applied to the ethmoid bone’ (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1851–60).
▪ II. coliform, a.2 and n.|ˈkəʊlɪfɔːm|
[f. coli + -form.]
A. adj. Of the nature of or resembling a bacillus of the coli-group of bacteria.
B. n. A bacillus of this or a similar group.
1906W. G. Savage Bacteriol. Exam. Water-Supplies x. 155 For any isolated coliform organism to be considered an indicator of sewage and excretal pollution it must have all the attributes of the typical B. coli communis. 1951Whitby & Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) xii. 194 (heading) Differentiation between Bact. Coli and Related Coliforms. Ibid., The saprophytic coliforms, unlike Bact. coli, are able to utilize the carbon of citrates for growth. 1956Nature 14 Jan. 97/1 The number of coliform bacteria..had not been reduced to the same extent. Excess of water..tends to encourage the coliforms. |