coll
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First they "fertilized" nitrogen-fixing bacteria with a DNA "sex factor" from the common intestinal bacteria Escherichia coll, a non-nitrogen-fixing species.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ordained a priest in 1795, he became Vice-Pres. and Prof. of Philosophy at the latter coll.
From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)
La Mothe F�n�lon, Corr. dip., vii. 3-11; Davila, bk. iv.; the "Relation originale" in Documents in�dits tir�s des coll.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn
"You couldn't expect her to throw her arms round 'ee, an' to kiss and to coll 'ee all at once."
From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas
In "Wily Beguiled," 1606: "I'll clasp thee, and clip thee; coll thee, and kiss thee, till I be better than nought, and worse than nothing."
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew
