E-Coli or Escherichia is a strain of bacteria commonly found in the guts or lower intestines of warm blooded organisms, also known as endotherms. Though E-coli have earned the reputation of a lethal pathogen often hidden in eatables, it might be worth mentioning that the bacteria have many more befitting aspects to it.
Several strands of E-coli are present in the digestive tracts of organisms and most of them are harmless. On the contrary, some of these bacteria like the O157:H7 are highly contagious, leading to the occurrence of deadly and malicious disorders like anemia, diarrhea or an absolute kidney failure.
The pathogenic bacteria of Escherichia coli, first discovered by Theodor Escherichia, the famous German bacteriologist, and pediatrician in 1885 have been assigned a class and family, Gammaproteobacteria and Enterobacteriaceae respectively.
