Natural Science Forum / Biology / Microbiology / September 2005

normally people here don't do research for other peoples research projects.

Heres a few hints,

1. E. coli is an important inhabitant of your body.

0.1% of the total bacteria within an adult's intestines (on a Western
diet) is represented by E. coli.

2. E. coli can be dangerous

E. coli O157:H7
Why don't you go figure out what 0157:H7 means? That would be good for
brownie points

3. E. coli has been made into useful laboratory strains

E. coli K12  (and if you are into history, look up the asilomar conference)

4. E. coli is a model gram negative organism

gram negative organisms tend to be affected by medical treatments
differently than gram positive (This is not always true)