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Microbiology students
Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Basic Sciences
Pamplona, 2018
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Proteobacteria
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Enterobacteriales
Family: Enterobacteriaceae
Genre: Escherichia
Species: E. coli
MICROSCOPY
-The somatic O antigen, coming from the lipopolysaccharide of the cell wall
-The flagellar antigen H, composed of 75 polysaccharides.
-Shiga toxin, LPS, LT y ST.
-β-D-lactamasa.
-S transmissible plasmids.
-Hemolysins (exotoxins)
-Bacteriocins.
-Genetic exchange by transduction
and conjugation
Food involved
Raw or
Contamination in handling
undercooked meat
Fecal contamination
Contamination in the
Unpasteurized milk extraction
ETAS IN COLOMBIA AND THE WORLD