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Type and morphology. E. coli is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobe, nonsporulating coliform bacterium. Cells are typically rod-shaped, and are about 2.0 μm long and 0.25–1.0 μm in diameter, with a cell volume of 0.6–0.7 μm 3.
- EPEC
Escherichia coli (/ ˌ ɛ ʃ ə ˈ r ɪ k i ə ˈ k oʊ l aɪ /...
- Gram-negative
Microscopic image of gram-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa...
- Enterobacteriaceae
Enterobacteriaceae is a large family of Gram-negative...
- Salmonella Enterica
Salmonella enterica (formerly Salmonella choleraesuis) is a...
- Facultative Anaerobic
Functions. Facultative anaerobes are able to grow in both...
- EPEC
Dec 31, 2022 · Escherichia coli have served as important model organisms for over a century—used to elucidate key aspects of genetics, evolution, molecular biology, and pathogenesis. However, defining which strains actually belong to this species is erratic and unstable due to shifts in the characters and criteria used to distinguish bacterial species.
- Marta Cobo-Simón, Rowan Hart, Howard Ochman
- Mol Biol Evol. 2023 Jan; 40(1): msac273.
- 10.1093/molbev/msac273
- 2023/01
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Jul 18, 2017 · The results reveal that the cylindrical part of Escherichia coli is composed of multi-domain morphological structures. The length of the domains starts at 150 nm in newborn cells, and...
- Sharareh Tavaddod, Hossein Naderi-Manesh
- 2017
Jan 1, 2008 · E. coli is Gram-negative and its envelope has three layers: cytoplasmic membrane, peptidoglycan, and outer membrane. The peptidoglycan is rigid determining the rod shape. To a good approximation, the E. coli cell has hemispherical caps and a cylindrical section in between.
- Galina Reshes, Sharon Vanounou, Itzhak Fishov, Mario Feingold
- 10.1529/biophysj.107.104398
- 2008
- Biophys J. 2008 Jan 1; 94(1): 251-264.
Aug 31, 2023 · Escherichia coli. Gram Stain of Escherichia coli. Note gram-negative (pink) bacilli. Escherichia coli is shared under a CC BY license and was authored, remixed, and/or curated by LibreTexts.
in molecular biology. Escherichia coli ( / ˌɛʃɪˈrɪkiə ˈkoʊlaɪ /; commonly abbreviated E. coli) is a Gram-negative gammaproteobacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (endotherms). The descendants of two isolates, K-12 and B strain, are used routinely in molecular biology as both a tool and a model ...
Nov 11, 2022 · E. coli is a gram-negative, non-sporulating, rod-shaped, facultative anaerobic, and coliform bacterium pertaining to the genus Escherichia that commonly inhabits the environment, foods, and warm-blooded animals' lower gut [ 2 ]. In the domains of biotechnology and microbiology, it is the most widely studied prokaryotic model organism.