Escherichia coli is a bacterium that lives in the intestinal flora of humans and animals, mammals, most non-pathogenic bacteria , but some can cause food poisoning (food poisoning).
The Gram-negative bacteria (Gram negative bacteria) shaped rod (rod shape) is a facultative anaerobe spore growth, both with and without oxygen, the oxygen in the family Enterobacteriaceae. In the feces of humans and warm-blooded animals. It is used as an indicator of health, food and water.