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Escherichia coli ( / ˌɛʃəˈrɪkiə ˈkoʊlaɪ / ESH-ə-RIK-ee-ə KOH-ly) [1] [2] is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped, coliform bacterium of the genus Escherichia that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms. [3] [4] Most E. coli strains are harmless, but some serotypes such as EPEC, and ETEC are ...
- 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
Apr 21, 2021 · Recall that E. coli has been reported to typically maintain an average aspect ratio of about 4:1 (33, 51, 53). The aspect ratio we saw is somewhat smaller. This difference might reflect variation between strains (the LTEE ancestor is a derivative of E. coli B, not K-12) or some other factor. In any case, the mean aspect ratio across the evolved ...
- Nkrumah A. Grant, Ali Abdel Magid, Joshua Franklin, Yann Dufour, Richard E. Lenski
- 10.1128/JB.00469-20
- 2021
- J Bacteriol. 2021 May; 203(10): e00469-20.
Escherichia coli is a typical gram-negative rod bacterium. Its dimensions are those of a cylinder 1.0-2.0 micrometers long, with radius about 0.5 micrometers. Another gram-negative rod, less metabolically independent than E. coli, is Hemophilus influenzae, which has half the length and diameter. Bacteria such as mycoplasma, which have a more ...
- 1999
Oct 3, 2018 · These probes allowed us to visualise the nano-scale structure of the E. coli nucleoid and cell envelope with localisation precisions in the range of 10–20 nm (Figs 1, S3, S4 and Table S1 ...
- Christoph Klaus Spahn, Mathilda Glaesmann, Jonathan B. Grimm, Anthony X. Ayala, Luke D. Lavis, Mike ...
- 2018
Jan 1, 2008 · Bacteria are the simplest living organisms. In particular, Escherichia coli has been extensively studied and it has become one of the standard model systems in microbiology. However, optical microscopy studies of single E. coli have been limited by its small size, ∼1 × 3 μm, not much larger than the optical resolution, ∼0.25 μm.
- Galina Reshes, Sharon Vanounou, Itzhak Fishov, Mario Feingold
- 10.1529/biophysj.107.104398
- 2008
- Biophys J. 2008 Jan 1; 94(1): 251-264.
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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 linearly ...
Dec 31, 2022 · Abstract. 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 ...
