Taxonomy ID: 562

Rank: species

Scientific name: Escherichia coli

Authority: "Bacillus coli" Migula 1895; "Bacterium coli" (Migula 1895) Lehmann and Neumann 1896; "Bacterium coli commune" Escherich 1885; Escherichia coli (Migula 1895) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Equivalent name: Escherichia/Shigella coli

Common name: E. coli

Synonym: Bacterium coli commune; Bacterium coli; Enterococcus coli; Bacillus coli

Includes: Escherichia sp. 3_2_53FAA; Escherichia sp. MAR; Achromobacter sp. ATCC 35328; bacterium 10a; bacterium E3