E. coli
Intestinal bacteria species
E. coli is a species of bacteria that lives in the intestines of humans and other animals.
Most strains are harmless and aid digestion, but some cause severe food poisoning with symptoms like bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps.
Outbreaks often trace to contaminated meat, produce, or water: The lettuce recall was due to E. coli contamination.
Short for Escherichia coli.
- diarrheaFrequent liquid bowel movements
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- plasmidSelf-replicating DNA circle
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- Jack in the BoxSpring-loaded surprise puppet
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- infectionsviral infection, bacterial infection, fungal infection, parasitic infection, bacteremia
- bacteriaClostridium, Salmonella, salmonella, Pseudomonas, staphylococci
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
- Gut Infectionsgastroenteritis, intestinal infection, food poisoning, dysentery, traveler's diarrhea
- Pathogenspathogen, germ, germs, bacteria, bacterium
- Bacterial Geneticsplasmid, plasmids, operon, conjugation, transduction
E. colivirus
Microscopic infectious agent
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