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Escherichia coli

One name, many jobs

English speakers meet E. coli as a school lab mascot, a STEC recall, and a gut resident. Those are not the same story.

USDA and FDA recall English names strains and foods. This page will not tell you how to test a kitchen.

The local lesson is strain: O157 in headlines is not the K-12 in a textbook.

Local notes

Recall English

Ground beef and greens — public outbreak grammar.

Lab English

K-12 is a teaching strain. It is not a menu item.

Gut resident

Most people’s E. coli never makes the news.

Nearby tables

  • yogurt
  • sourdough
  • kombucha
  • cheese

Public-health desks

  • CDC
  • FDA
  • WHO

Official pages own schedules and treatment. This atlas does not.

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