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Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Escherichia coli
Medium-sized grey colonies. The colonies have a characteristic odour.
 
 
 
 
 
 
The same Blood Agar plate examined with transmitted light. There is a zone of beta-haemolysis around the colonies.

The picture below is of another E. coli where there is no haemolytic zone around the colonies.

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General characteristics: Gram-negative rods. Catalase-positive and oxidase-negative. Attacks sugars by fermentation and gas is produced. Motile. Mesophilic.
Microscopy:
Pathology:
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