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E. coli: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Escherichia coli

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The replication of E. coli
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Green colonies of Escherichia coli bacteria growing in streaks on a reddish EMB agar plate in a petri dish, with handwritten labels visible underneath the clear dish.
Pink and purple bacterial colonies of Escherichia coli growing on the surface of a MacConkey agar plate inside a petri dish.
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A metabolic pathway diagram for Escherichia coli showing how various nutrients-including sugars, fats, glycerol, and amino acids-are broken down into intermediates like pyruvate and acetyl-CoA, leading to the production of energy and other metabolites such as lactate, glutamate, and succinate. Arrows indicate the flow of metabolites between compounds, with key nutrient sources and products highlighted in colored boxes.
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Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar
Turkish-American biochemist