EHEC

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Escherichia coli O157:H7 showing flagella. From: Microbeworld.org [1]

Etiology/Bacteriology

Taxonomy

| Domain = Bacteria | Phylum = Proteobacteria | Class = Gammaproteobacteria | Order = Enterobacteriales | Family = Enterobacteriaceae | Genus = Escherichia | species = E. coli | subspecies = O157:H7 | prototype strain = EDL933 |

NCBI: Taxonomy Genome: Escherichia coli O157:H7 str. EDL933

Description

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an emerging pathogen that causes hemorrhagic colitis. E. coli is a Gram negative rod, facultative anaerobe, motile by means of peritrichous flagella, and found in the GI tract of mammals. E. coli O157:H7 was first reported by the CDC in 1982.

References

[Sample reference] Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Isolation of E. coli O157:H7 from sporadic cases of hemorrhagic colitis - United States. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1982 Nov 5;31(43):580, 585. PubMed PMID: 6817062.

Created by Tyrrell Conway at the University of Oklahoma.