Taxonomy ID: 562

Rank: species

Scientific name: Escherichia coli

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

Equivalent name: Escherichia/Shigella coli

Common name: E. coli

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

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