List of strains of Escherichia coli

For Escherichia coli as a species, see Escherichia coli. For Escherichia coli pathogenic strains, see Pathogenic Escherichia coli. For Escherichia coli as a model organism, see Escherichia coli (molecular biology). For The protozoan parasite that can also be abbreviated as E. coli, see Entamoeba coli. For the 2011 E.coli outbreak, see 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak.

Escherichia coli is a well studied bacterium that was first identified by Theodor Escherich, after whom it was later named.

Strains

Innocuous:

• Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 also known as Mutaflor

Laboratory:

• E. coli K-12, one of two laboratory strains (innocuous)
  • Clifton wild type
  • W3110
  • DH5αE
  • Dam dcm strain
• Escherichia coli B, the other of the two lab strains from which all lab substrains originate
  • Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Pathogenic:

• Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
• Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)
• Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
• Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)
• Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC)
• Verotoxin-producing E. coli
• E. coli O157:H7 is an enterohemorrhagic strain also 2006 North American E. coli outbreak
• E. coli O104:H4, also 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak
• Escherichia coli O121
• Escherichia coli O104:H21
• Escherichia coli K1, meningitis
• E. coli O121
• Escherichia coli NC101
• Shigella
  • Shigella flexneri
  • Shigella dysenteriae
  • Shigella boydii
  • Shigella sonnei