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Microbiology Lecture - 11 E.Coli
Microbiology Lecture - 11 E.Coli
Microbiology Lecture - 11 E.Coli
E.coli
Taxonomy of Escherichia coli
Domain:Bacteria
Phylum: Gamma Proteobacteria
Class: Proteobacteria
Order:Enterobacteriales
Family: Enterobacteriaceae
Genus: Escherichia
Species: E.coli
Theodor Escherich first described E. coli in 1885, as
Bacterium coli commune, which he isolated from the feces
of newborns. It was later renamed Escherichia coli.