| Subject | English | Italian |
| environ. | coliform bacteria | coliformi |
| med. | coliform bacteria | batteri coliformi |
| environ. | coliform bacterium A group of bacteria that are normally abundant in the intestinal tracts of human and other warm-blooded animals and are used as indicators (being measured as the number of individuals found per millilitre of water) when testing the sanitary quality of water | colibatteri |
| environ. | coliform bacterium | colibatteri |
| tech. | coliform counter | colimetro |
| health. | faecal coliform | coliformi fecali |
| med. | faecal coliform | coliforme fecale |
| health. | thermotolerant coliform | coliforme termoresistente |
| health. | total coliforms | coliformi totali |