Thread: Longest lived empires/states in history. 1 out of 1 members found this post helpful. Many lists have been written about the most long-lived empires or states in the history of mankind and oddly enough nobody seems to agree on the ranking.
E. coli is a Gram-negative (bacteria which do not retain crystal violet dye), facultative anaerobic (that makes ATP by aerobic respiration if oxygen is present, but is capable of switching to fermentation or anaerobic respiration if oxygen is absent) and nonsporulating bacterium.
Escherichia coli, more commonly known as E. coli, is a group of bacteria that populate the human (and animal) gut. E. coli is usually thought of as a good bacterium; it lives in the intestines as part of the normal gut flora.. However, some strains of E. coli can cause very serious illness. These disease-causing (virulent) strains are usually classified by the action they have on the gut; these strains include enterohemorrhagic (called EHEC), enteropathogenic (called EPEC), enteroinvasive (called EIEC), and enterotoxigenic (ETEC).