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Escherichia Coli

Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that normally inhabits the lower intestine of humans and other warm-blooded animals, where most strains are harmless commensals while certain pathogenic strains cause intestinal and extra-intestinal infections. As a member of the gut microbiota, E. …

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 43× across the literature 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that normally inhabits the lower intestine of humans and other warm-blooded animals, where most strains are harmless commensals while certain pathogenic strains cause intestinal and extra-intestinal infections. As a member of the gut microbiota, E. coli participates in normal digestive function, but specific serotypes can produce diarrhoeal disease, urinary tract infections, and systemic illness, and the species is a key indicator organism for faecal contamination of water and food. E. coli is also a foundational model organism in molecular biology, genetics, and biotechnology. A growing concern is antimicrobial resistance, including carbapenem resistance, which complicates treatment in both human and veterinary medicine. Within this field the journal publishes peer-reviewed research on the detection of resistance mechanisms in avian pathogenic E. coli from poultry, on E. coli associated with camel-calf mortality, on contamination and molecular characterisation of the organism in raw chicken meat, and on its isolation from animal stool. Further studies assess the bacteriological quality of groundwater, the impact of agricultural land use on water quality, antimicrobial-resistance situational analyses, and plant-derived extracts evaluated for antibacterial activity, reflecting the organism's importance across clinical, veterinary, food-safety, and environmental science.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 43 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Human and Animal Intestines.

Journal editorial board
Valentina Discepolo · Italy Wissem MNIF · Saudi Arabia

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