E.

coli
Shape: bacillis +/- : negative Method for releasing energy: facultative anaerobes Reason for presence in the gut: vitamin K2 Optimal temperature for growth of the bacteria: 37 C (98.6 F) Is there a strain that causes disease? Yes, pathogenic strains of the bacterium cause disease.

Gabrielle Doucet

Vocabulary
Endotherm : warm-blooded animal that is able to maintain a constant body temperature despite changes in the temperature of its environment. Ex: birds, mammals Ectotherm : cold-blooded animal that maintains its body temperature by absorbing heat from its environment. Ex: reptiles Strain : a genetic variant or subtype of a micro-organism. Virulent : very poisonous: extremely poisonous, infectious, or damaging to organisms. Flora : bacteria that inhabit body organs: all the usually harmless bacteria inhabiting a part of the body, regarded as a group or population.

Gabrielle Doucet