List of strains of Escherichia coli

For Escherichia coli as a species, see Escherichia coli. For Escherichia coli pathogenic strains, see Pathogenic Escherichia coli. For Escherichia coli as a model organism, see Escherichia coli (molecular biology). For the protozoan parasite that can also be abbreviated as E. coli, see Entamoeba coli. For the 2011 E.coli outbreak, see 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak.

Strains

Innocuous:

Laboratory:

• E. coli K-12, one of two laboratory strains (innocuous)
  • Clifton wild type (!)
  • W3110
  • DH5α
  • Dam dcm strain
  • HB101
• Escherichia coli B, the other of the two lab strains from which all lab substrains originate
  • Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)

Pathogenic:

• Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
• Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)
• Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
• Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)
• Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)
• Uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC)
• Verotoxin-producing E. coli
• E. coli O157:H7 is an enterohemorrhagic strain also 2006 North American E. coli outbreak
• E. coli O104:H4, also 2011 E. coli O104:H4 outbreak
• Escherichia coli O121
• Escherichia coli O104:H21
• Escherichia coli K1, meningitis
• Adherent Invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC), morbus Crohn
• Escherichia coli NC101
• Shigella
  • Shigella flexneri
  • Shigella dysenteriae
  • Shigella boydii
  • Shigella sonnei

See also

• Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)