Escherichia coli is the predominant nonpathogenic facultative flora of the human intestine.
Some E. coli strains, however, have developed the ability to cause disease of the …

Escherichia coli has a rich history as biology's 'rock star', driving advances across many
fields. In the wild, E. coli resides innocuously in the gut of humans and animals but is also a …

This authoritative two-volume reference provides valuable, necessary information on the
principles underlying the production of microbiologically safe and stable foods. The work …

Escherichia coli is familiar to biologists as a classical model system, ubiquitous in molecular
biology laboratories around the world. Outside of the laboratory, E. coli strains exist as an …

This chapter talks about the new species of Enterobacteriaceae that have been added to or
transferred between existing genera. Most common gram‐negative organisms isolated from …

pMAR2 results in the loss of localized adherence, a phenom-enon confirmed by others with
different EPEC strains (65). Moreover, transfer of the plasmid to HB101, a nonadherent …

Citrobacter freundii biotype 4280 produces attaching and effacing (AE) lesions in the large
intestine of laboratory mice and is the causative agent of transmissible murine colonic …

The taxonomic position of a group of five d-sorbitol-and lactose-negative enterobacterial
isolates recovered from diarrhoeal stools of children at the International Centre for …

Discriminating Escherichia albertii from other Enterobacteriaceae is difficult. Systematic
analyses showed that E. albertii represents a substantial portion of strains currently …

The accurate and definitive identification of microorganisms, including bacteria, is one of the
cornerstones forming the joint foundation of the fields of microbiology and infectious …