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Escherichia coli – an overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

E. Mary Cooke
E. Mary Cooke
Affiliation:
Division of Hospital Infection, Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HT, UK
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The isolation and description of Bacillus coli commune by Escherich a hundred years ago marked the start of a series of scientific investigations which have led to some of the most important discoveries in microbial pathogenicity and genetics that have been made since that time. It is not difficult to find the reasons why so much effort has been concentrated on this organism. Escherichia coli is present in the gut of all warm-blooded animals generally forming the predominant aerobic flora; it is of medical and veterinary importance being responsible for a variety of infections in the human and animal populations and it has provided a useful tool for geneticists.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 95 , Issue 3 , December 1985 , pp. 523 - 530
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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