Escherichia coli (E. coli)

Unlike other bacteria, E. coli's cell cycle is not linked to a developmental program
Barrows & Goley 2023 J Bacteriol 205: e00384-22

E. coli grows robustly in various conditions in both nutrient-poor and nutrient-rich environments. In slow growth, replication and division occur in one cycle. In fast growth, cells divide faster than chromosome replication. This involves overlapping rounds of replication. Initiation can occur before the previous round ends
Cooper & Helmstetter 1968 J Mol Biol 31: 519-540

Escherichia coli (E. coli) belongs to the dopamine-producing species and to the species in the healthy human gut; the abundance is middle: about 1.87% of all species in the healthy human gut
Tsavkelova et al. 2000 Dokl Biochem 372(1-6): 115-7
King et al. 2019

Escherichia coli (E. coli) have the potential for either harmful pathogenic effects (Escherichia coli & Pathogenic Strains) or for health-promoting functions (Non-Pathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli))
Salminen et al. 1998

They can cause Urinary Tract Infections (UTI), Food poisoning / Foodborne illness.

see also:
Carbohydrates & Uptake
Colonization Resistance & Pathogenic Bacteria
Dopamine & Gut microbiota
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