Category: E. Coli

The recent E. coli outbreak in Romaine Lettuce has forced many restaurants, grocery stores, and households to pull the popular produce off the shelves. A recent discovery found that farmers harvesting the lettuce in the Central Coastal regions in northern and central California were responsible for the outbreak. Not only was the United States affected…

There are two different microbial pathogens we are to discuss namely, Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes that affect pregnant women and the unborn foetus upon eating (or coming into contacting) with infected meat. Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative anaerobic bacteria which causes the infection called Listeriosis. Escherichia coli is a bacteria that is commonly found…

Escherichia coli is a gram-negative facultative bacteria belongs to family Enterobacteriaceae. E. coli is a cunning species encompassing the common vegetation in the intestinal tracts of the warm-blooded creatures (Afset et al., 2003). The main territory of E. coli has long been believed as the vertebrate gut since first termed as Bacterium coli community by…

New Zealand rivers  not so clean after all Background Tourism plays a big part in New Zealands export being a crucial part of the New Zealand economy. It is important for New Zealand to maintain a 100% pure image as the Tourism New Zealand advert suggests. This is because countries are likely to purchase…

E. coli Commensal Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium of the genus Escherichia (Tenaillon et al. 2010).. It is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms (Secher T 2016). E. coli is an extremely diverse bacterial species which forms part of the gut microbiome, a term which describes…

Abstract Multidrug-resistant-ESBL-producing E. coli are on high emergence in UTIs and other infections. Such E. coli are big challenge and responsible for serious threats to healthcare professionals, treatment failures, increased morbidity and mortality, and render beta-lactam antibiotics ineffective. A total of 9391 uropathogenic E. coli (non-repetitive) were isolated and identified on the basis of standard…

Abstract: Escherichia coli is a gram-negative bacterium that is found in the human digestive system. Staphylococcus epidermidis is a gram-positive coccus-shaped bacterium commonly found on the human skin. In this study, we looked at the metabolism and physiology of both organisms on differential and selective media. Bacteria were grown and observed on Tryptic Soy Agar…

The recent E. coli outbreak in Romaine Lettuce has forced many restaurants, grocery stores, and households to pull the popular produce off the shelves. A recent discovery found that farmers harvesting the lettuce in the Central Coastal regions in northern and central California were responsible for the outbreak. Not only was the United States affected…

There are two different microbial pathogens we are to discuss namely, Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes that affect pregnant women and the unborn foetus upon eating (or coming into contacting) with infected meat. Listeria monocytogenes is a facultative anaerobic bacteria which causes the infection called Listeriosis. Escherichia coli is a bacteria that is commonly found…