E.coli

Escherichia coli

View the organism under the microscope: E. coli with fimbriae, E. coli with flagella, Conjugation between two E. coli bacteria, dividing E. coli with inner structures (courtesy D. Kunkel)

Collection sites, home-pages

The E. coli index WWW virutal library (Uni Birmingham) contains links to databases, journals, abstracts
E.coli database collection ECDC
E.coli related web sites
Collection of links on E. coli and food safety (collected by Cancernews.com)
E.coli stock centre (Yale Uni) with search options for strain, mutation, site, gene product, person or reference.
Collection site of articles on E. coli (Walkerton links)
E.coli food safety news (MedNews.com) with links on books on food safety, E. coli literature searches, and more
EcoCyc: Encyclopedia of E. coli genes and metabolism (Pangea Systems)

Fact sheets, consumer guides, general information

Enterotoxigenic, enteropathogenic, enteroinvasive E. coli: 3 sites in the Bad Bug Book, USFDA
What the heck is an E.coli JC Brown
Fact sheet on E. coli with a list of links on the subject (CBC Canada)
E. coli in drinking water (EPA Office of Water)
E. coli infection in young children (kidSource online)
Fact sheet by Your Family Doctor Online
Quick Facts on E. coli O:157H7 (Clemson Home and Garden Info)
E.coli O157:H7 in the Bad Bug Book, USFDA
E.coli O:157H7 Fact sheet by Iowa State Uni
E.coli O:157H7 fact sheet by NebFacts (Uni Nebraska-Lincoln)
E.coli and organic food Organic Trade Association
What you need to know if there is an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 (Foodborne Illness Education Information Center)
Frequently Asked Questions on E.coli (New York State Dept. Health)
Backgrounds on E. coli ):157H7 and other VTEC (IFST)
E.coli O:157H7 in the child care setting (CDC)

E. coli infections in cockatiels
E. coli infections in farm visitors (Pig Disease information Center)

Lectures

Bacteriology 330 Lecture Topics: Pathogenic E. coli (Kenneth Todar Uni Wisconsin Dept Bacteriology)
Coregulation of glucose uptake and metabolism in E.coli (A Hide & L Breen)

Scientific papers

Canadian surveilance report 1995
On line references on E. coli related subjects (Medline Plus)

Scientific links

Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 Genome(Uni Wisconsin) and Escherichia coli O157:H7 Genome(DDBJ)
E. coli K12 W3110 Genome sequencing project (Genobase)
Database of E. coli genetic information CGSC E.coli genetic Stock Centre
UW E. coli Genome Project Uni Wisconsin
GenProtEC: E.coli proteome database
Escherichia classification in Sciencenet

The content of this page is copyright of the Virtual Museum of Bacteria and was written by Dr. T. M. Wassenaar (curator), with support of the Foundation for Bacteriology (Dr. M.J. Blaser, President). If you have suggestions for links to add to this page, please contact us at curator@bacteriamuseum.org

Last modified: 05 Sep 2002

Back to top of this page, Index of Species Filing Cabinet