show Abstracthide AbstractEnterobacter (scientific name: Escherichia coli), also known as Escherichia coli. It is a species of the genus Enterobacteriaceae and was discovered in 1885 by Theodor Escherich, an Austrian pediatrician in Germany. Escherichia coli is mainly parasitic in the large intestine of humans and animals, accounting for about 1% of intestinal bacteria.Escherichia coli (E. coli) is a kind of Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped, non-sporulating, round, obtuse, motile, Escherichia coli genus bacteria, which is commonly found in the lower part of the small intestine.Escherichia coli is a opportunistic pathogen, which can cause gastrointestinal tract infection or urinary tract infection in humans and various animals under certain conditions