E.Coli
Escherichia coli, also known as E. coli, is a Gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped, coliform bacterium of the genus Escherichia that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms
- Species: E. coli
- Shape: rod-shaped usmslab.com
- Class: Gammaproteobacteria
- Genus: Escherichia
- Order: Enterobacterales
- Family: Enterobacteriaceae
- Phylum: Pseudomonadota
--Transmittion-- The types of E. coli that can cause illness can be transmitted through contaminated water or food, or through contact with animals or people.
--Presentation--
E.Coli can present in Rabbits normally as lesions in the intestines ,diarrhea , or as Pneumonia when inhaled and the lungs infected.
CDC.gov E.Coli
Attaching and effacing activities of rabbit and human enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in pig and rabbit intestines Authors: H W Moon, S C Whipp, R A Argenzio, M M Levine, R A Giannella 1983
[https://www.jci.org/articles/view/110737 Specific adherence of Escherichia coli (strain RDEC-1) to membranous (M) cells of the Peyer's patch in Escherichia coli diarrhea in the rabbit.
L R Inman and J R Cantey 1983]
[https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-abstract/135/3/454/2189556 Diarrhea Due to Escherichia coli in the Rabbit: A Novel Mechanism Get access Arrow
J. Robert Cantey, R. K. Blake 1977]
The hemolysin of escherichia coli S. Bhakdi, N. Mackman, G. Menestrina, L. Gray, F. Hugo, W. Seeger & I. B. Holland European Journal of Epidemiology volume 4, pages135–143 (1988)
[https://www.jci.org/articles/view/114144 Thromboxane-mediated hypertension and vascular leakage evoked by low doses of Escherichia coli hemolysin in rabbit lungs. W Seeger, H Walter, N Suttorp, M Muhly, and S Bhakdi 1989]
____________________________
--other studies of interest--
[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3034324/ The Rabbit as a New Reservoir Host of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli Alexis Garcíacorresponding author* and James G. Fox* 2003]
[ https://journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1128/iai.51.1.16-23.1986 Experimental infection of infant rabbits with verotoxin-producing Escherichia coli Authors: C H Pai, J K Kelly, G L Meyers 1986]