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Is there a common name for E. coli?

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Many people know organisms only by the common names, or "vernacular" names. Unlike scientific names, common names are almost always different for speakers of different languages. They may also vary regionally within a language. read more

A type of bacteria. This is the most common bacteria associated with urinary tract infections. Studies found that cranberry worked as well as antibiotics when the urinary tract infection was caused by e. Coli. read more

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.) +"aceae", but from"enterobacterium" +"aceae" (enterobacterium being not a genus, but an alternative trivial name to enteric bacterium). read more

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