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Encyclopedia > Fecal coliform

Fecal coliforms are bacteria that ferment lactose to produce acid and gas at 44.5° C within 24 hours. They include the genera Escherichia and Klebsiella, and have been used as indicator organisms for water quality testing. Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Omnibacteria Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae Bacteria is also the fictional name of a warring nation under Benzino Napaloni as dictator, in the 1940 film The Great Dictator... Lactose is the sugar making up around 2-8% of the solids in milk. ... Escherichia - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Klebsiella pneumoniae is a gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria, and clinically the most important member of the Klebsiella genus of Enterobacteriaceae. ...


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Fecal coliforms are bacteria that originate in the intestinal tracts of all warm blooded organisms.
Interestingly, fecal coliforms can't be distinguished between humans and animals or between types of animals once they get into streams and rivers although the circumstances surrounding a particular site could provide hints as to their origin.
Fecal coliforms and the disease organisms they may be associated with aren't at all happy about being excreted into the world of sunshine because, fortunately for us, it's the beginning of the end for them.
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