Talk:Bacterium (genus)

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I have problems with the following : "The type species was later changed from Bacterium triloculare to Bacterium coli (now Escherichia coli) as it was lost.[2]" What does "as it was lost" mean? Masonmilan (talk) 20:57, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]