What is E.coli?

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What is E.coli?
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• German-Austrian paediatrician Dr. Theodor
  Escherich made the discovery of the bacterium
  Escherichia coli (E. coli). It is a member of the
  Enterobacteriaceae family. It is a mesophilic,
  facultatively anaerobic, gram-negative rod-shaped
  bacterium that does not sporulate and is motile
  by peritrichous flagella.

They can be discovered in the environment, food,
and animal and human intestines. The group of
bacteria known as E. coli (ATCC 8739) is enormous
and diversified. Other bacterial strains can
cause infections, despite the fact that the
majority of E. coli strains are benign.
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• Here are some facts about E. coli
• It is one of six species in the genus
  Escherichia, which is gram-negative.
• The intestinal flora of healthy humans and other
  mammals frequently contains this bacteria.
• In the fields of biotechnology and microbiology,
  E. coli is one of the prokaryote model organisms
  that has been researched the most.
• More than 700 different E. coli serotypes have
  been identified so far.