What is Escherichia?
{{italictitle}} {{Taxobox | image = E coli at 10000x, original.jpg | image_width = 270px | image_caption = [[Scanning electron microscope|SEM]] [[micrograph]] of cluster of ''[[Escherichia coli]]'' bacteria. Each individual bacterium is [[wikt:oblong|oblong]]-shaped | domain = [[Bacteria]] | phylum = [[Proteobacteria]] | classis = [[Gammaproteobacteria]] | ordo = [[Enterobacteriales]] | familia = [[Enterobacteriaceae]] | genus = '''''Escherichia''''' | genus_authority = Castellani & Chalmers 1919 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Escherichia albertii|E. albertii]]''<br> ''[[Escherichia blattae|E. blattae]]''<br> ''[[Escherichia coli|E. coli]]''<br> ''[[Escherichia fergusonii|E. fergusonii]]''<br> ''[[Escherichia hermannii|E. hermannii]]''<br> ''[[Escherichia vulneris|E. vulneris]]''}} '''''Escherichia''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of [[bacteria]]. They are named after the [[Germany|German]] doctor, [[Theodor Escherich]], who discovered ''[[Escherichia coli]]'', a bacterium common in human [[intestine]]s. ''Escherichia'' is similar to ''[[Enterobacter]]''. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Gram-negative bacteria]]