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''Escherichia coli'' is a [[Gram negative|gram negative]] rod found in the gut of most organisms. Many strains of ''E. coli ''are harmless, however some can be pathogenic like for example ''Escherichia coli 0157'' which can be a seriuos cause of gastroenteritis <ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20971366?tool=MedlinePlus</ref> | ''Escherichia coli'' is a [[Gram negative|gram negative]] rod found in the gut of most organisms. Many strains of ''E. coli ''are harmless, however some can be pathogenic like for example ''Escherichia coli 0157'' which can be a seriuos cause of gastroenteritis <ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20971366?tool=MedlinePlus</ref> | ||
''E. coli ''is often used as a model organinsm in lab experiments due to its fast reproduction time, how easily it is manipulated and its already sequenced genome. The Ecoli strain K-12 is the strain most commonly used in the laboratory. It has 4.6million nucleotide pairs in its genome that code for approxamately 4300 different proteins. <ref>Alberts. B, Johnson A, Lewis. J, Raff. M, Roberts. K, Walter. P, (2008), Molecular Biology Of The Cell, fifth edition, Garland Science, Taylor and Francis group, New York, p25</ref> | ''E. coli ''is often used as a model organinsm in lab experiments due to its fast reproduction time, how easily it is manipulated and its already sequenced [[Genome|genome]]. The Ecoli strain K-12 is the strain most commonly used in the laboratory. It has 4.6million [[Nucleotide|nucleotide pairs]] in its genome that code for approxamately 4300 different [[Proteins|proteins]]. <ref>Alberts. B, Johnson A, Lewis. J, Raff. M, Roberts. K, Walter. P, (2008), Molecular Biology Of The Cell, fifth edition, Garland Science, Taylor and Francis group, New York, p25</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 15:10, 14 November 2011
Escherichia coli is a gram negative rod found in the gut of most organisms. Many strains of E. coli are harmless, however some can be pathogenic like for example Escherichia coli 0157 which can be a seriuos cause of gastroenteritis [1]
E. coli is often used as a model organinsm in lab experiments due to its fast reproduction time, how easily it is manipulated and its already sequenced genome. The Ecoli strain K-12 is the strain most commonly used in the laboratory. It has 4.6million nucleotide pairs in its genome that code for approxamately 4300 different proteins. [2]
References
- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20971366?tool=MedlinePlus
- ↑ Alberts. B, Johnson A, Lewis. J, Raff. M, Roberts. K, Walter. P, (2008), Molecular Biology Of The Cell, fifth edition, Garland Science, Taylor and Francis group, New York, p25