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

Camb., where he was Senior Wrangler, and became a Fellow and Tutor of his coll.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)

Pastorals 1709, Essay on Criticism 1711, Rape of the Lock 1714, Windsor Forest and Temple of Fame 1713, translation of Iliad 1715-20, Odyssey 1725-26, coll.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)

It was intoxicating to hear him exchanging comments with Rodney; no, he hadn't finished "coll."

From Martie, the Unconquered by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

While there he gave himself to the study of the theological questions then in debate, and ended by becoming a Protestant, in consequence of which he in 1545 left his coll.

From A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by Cousin, John W. (John William)