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Microbiology, Fifth Edition
Microbiology, 5/e
Lansing M Prescott, Augustana College
Donald A Klein, Colorado State University
John P Harley, Eastern Kentucky University
Bacteria: The Proteobacteria

Web Exercise


E. coli as a member of the proteobacteria is responsible for several diseases of high morbidity. Read the CDC case history at http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol1no2/feng.htm
to answer the following. What characteristics of E. coli contribute to its virulence? How is it that E. coli may be more virulent in some hosts than in others?








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