Dangerous strain
The crossword clue "Dangerous strain" is answered by ECOLI, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ECOLI
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ECOLI answer page.
Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- ECOLIBACTERIA (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for ECOLI
Every other clue in this collection answered by ECOLI, most used first.
- Dangerous bacteria - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Food-poisoning bacteria - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
- Reason for a food recall - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Gut bacteria - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Bacteria in uncooked food - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Food safety concern - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
- Intestinal bacteria - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Notorious bacteria - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Food recall cause - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Pathogenic bacteria - used 8 times, most recently in 2009
- Rod-shaped bacteria - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Scary bacteria - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
- Bacteria in the news - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
- Food poisoning cause - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Bacteria in undercooked meat - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Bad bacteria - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
- Cause of some food recalls - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Gut bacterium - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Dangerous gas - RADON, used 32 times
- Less dangerous - SAFER, used 32 times
- Dangerous - RISKY, used 25 times
- Dangerous mosquito - AEDES, used 21 times
- Put a strain on - TAXED, used 21 times
- Dangerous snake - ADDER, used 18 times
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