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    3. 大腸菌

    大腸菌

    大だい腸ちょう菌きん

    Escherichia coli (E. coli)

    KMT9News #24+1NounScience & MathMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab27 strokes

    だいちょうきん

    Noun

    1.
    Escherichia coli (E. coli)
    2.
    colon bacterium

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    大だい腸ちょう菌きんは私わたしたちの腸ちょうにいる細さい菌きんです。

    E. coli is a bacterium that lives in our intestines.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    食しょく中ちゅう毒どくの原げん因いんとなる大だいちょ腸うきんオー菌いちごO157は非ひ常じょうに危き険けんです。

    E. coli O157, which causes food poisoning, is very dangerous.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthFood & Dining
    大だい腸ちょう菌きんは生せい物ぶつ学がくの研けん究きゅうで最もっともよく使つかわれるモデル生せい物ぶつの一ひとつです。

    E. coli is one of the most commonly used model organisms in biological research.

    KMT9Science & MathEducation
    井い戸ど水みずの検けん査さで大だい腸ちょう菌きんが検けん出しゅつされ、飲いん用ようが禁きん止しされた。

    E. coli was detected in the well water test, and drinking it was prohibited.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    遺い伝でん子し組くみ換かえ技ぎ術じゅつを用もちいて、大だい腸ちょう菌きんに有ゆう用ようなタンパク質しつを生せい産さんさせることが可か能のうになった。

    It has become possible to make E. coli produce useful proteins using genetic engineering technology.

    KMT10Science & MathTechnology

    Kanji that make up this word

    大
    おお-・おお.きい・-おお.いに…(15)
    large・big
    腸
    はらわた・わた…(1)
    intestines・guts・bowels・viscera
    菌
    germ・fungus・bacteria
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