what does the Escherichia coli first name stands for, by the binomial system?
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Escherichia coli (/ˌɛʃəˈrɪkiə ˈkoʊlaɪ/),[1][2] also known as E. coli (/ˌiː ˈkoʊlaɪ/),[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 (endotherms).[3][4] Most E. coli strains are harmless, but some serotypes (EPEC, ETEC etc.) can cause serious food poisoning in their hosts, and are occasionally responsible for food contamination incidents that prompt product recalls.[5][6] The harmless strains are part of the normal microbiota of the gut, and can benefit their hosts by producing vitamin K2,[7] (which helps blood to clot) and preventing colonisation of the intestine with pathogenic bacteria, having a symbiotic relationship.[8][9] E. coli is expelled into the environment within fecal matter. The bacterium grows massively in fresh fecal matter under aerobic conditions for 3 days, but its numbers decline slowly afterwards.[10]
Escherichia coli
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Scientific classification edit
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gammaproteobacteria
Order:
Enterobacterales
Family:
Enterobacteriaceae
Genus:
Escherichia
Species:
E. coli
Binomial name
Escherichia coli
(Migula 1895)
Castellani and Chalmers 1919
Synonyms
Bacillus coli communis Escherich 1885
E. coli and other facultative anaerobes constitute about 0.1% of gut microbiota,[11] and fecal–oral transmission is the major route through which pathogenic strains of the bacterium cause disease. Cells are able to survive outside the body for a limited amount of time, which makes them potential indicator organisms to test environmental samples for fecal contamination.[12][13] A growing body of research, though, has examined environmentally persistent E. coli which can survive for many days and grow outside a host.[14]
The bacterium can be grown and cultured easily and inexpensively in a laboratory setting, and has been intensively investigated for over 60 years. E. coli is a chemoheterotroph whose chemically defined medium must include a source of carbon and energy.[15] E. coli is the most widely studied prokaryotic model organism, and an important species in the fields of biotechnology and microbiology, where it has served as the host organism for the majority of work with recombinant DNA. Under favorable conditions, it takes as little as 20 minutes to reproduce.[16]
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E. coli is the type species of the genus (Escherichia) and in turn Escherichia is the type genus of the family Enterobacteriaceae, where the family name does not stem from the genus Enterobacter + "i" (sic.)
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