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A [[Gram-negative|gram negative]], rod shaped bacterium that is mostly [[Coli|harmless]], but some strains can cause serious illness <ref>http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/general/index.html</ref>. Commonly used in genetic engineering to mass produce proteins by inserting recombinant [[Plasmid|plasmids]].<br> | A [[Gram-negative|gram negative]], rod shaped bacterium that is mostly [[Coli|harmless]], but some strains can cause serious illness <ref>http://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/general/index.html</ref>. Commonly used in genetic engineering to mass produce proteins by inserting recombinant [[Plasmid|plasmids]] (e.g. to produce insulin). It is also used as a model organism because it can be easily manipulated, has a short generation time and its genome has been sequenced.<br> | ||
See [[ | See [[Escherichia coli|Escherichia coli]] for more details. | ||
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Revision as of 14:14, 22 October 2013
A gram negative, rod shaped bacterium that is mostly harmless, but some strains can cause serious illness [1]. Commonly used in genetic engineering to mass produce proteins by inserting recombinant plasmids (e.g. to produce insulin). It is also used as a model organism because it can be easily manipulated, has a short generation time and its genome has been sequenced.
See Escherichia coli for more details.