E. coli, or Escherichia coli, is a type of bacteria commonly found in the environment, foods, and intestines of people and animals. While most strains are harmless and part of our normal ...

This year is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Theodor Escherich, the German physician who discovered Escherichia coli. Jörg Hacker ... introduced Escherich to pure culture and bacterial ...

In E. coli, the presence of certain group VIIIb transition metal compounds in concentrations of about 1–10 parts per million of the metal in the culture medium causes an inhibition of the cell ...