Definitions for "Escherichia"
a genus of enteric bacteria
(.) coli: A type of faecal coliform bacteria (see below) which is found in large numbers in the faeces of humans and other mammals. It serves as a reliable indicator of recent faecal contamination of water.
Escherichia is a genus of Gram-negative, non-spore forming, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria from the family Enterobacteriaceae. Inhabitants of the gastrointestinal tracts of warm-blooded animals, Escherichia species provide a portion of the microbially-derived vitamin K for their host. Escherichia coli are the most numerous aerobic commensal inhabitants of the large intestine in humans.
Keywords:  zoonoses, oral
Oral Zoonoses
Keywords:  pathogen, yeasts, parasitic
Parasitic Pathogen Yeasts