👉 In the context of microbiology, "cacoepic" refers to a specific type of bacterial cell. This term is used in microbiology and genomics to describe a bacterium with a single cation (Ca2+ or Mg2+) ion per cell wall, which is characteristic of certain species of bacteria such as Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum). Cacoepic bacteria are often identified by
