E.Coli assignment

1.What is it?

E.Coli was an outbreak of foodborne , a potentially deadly bacterium that can cause bloody diarrhea and dehydration.

2.Is it eubacteria or archaebacteria?

E. Coli is a eubacteria. Archaebateria is what you would normally find in extreme places such as undersea volcano vents, extremely acidic waters, and very salty seas (in the olden times, they were known to cause spoilage since eubacteria cannot survive these conditions). Eubacteria are the most abundant and the most common.

3.How can you get it?

You can get e.coli by eating roten food,not well cooked food.

4.What are the symptoms?

the symptoms are mostly gastrointestinal at first. Diarrhea, abdominal cramping to start, leading to severe bloody diarrhea, dehydration, fever, often nausea and vomiting. In the chronically ill and very old or very young, it is often fatal.

5.How is it diagnosed?

E. coli is usually confirmed by the detection of the bacteria in a stool specimen from an infected individual. Most hospital labs and physicians know to test for this particular bacteria, especially if the potentially infected individual has bloody diarrhea.

6.How is it treated?

Im not shure usually you have to go to your docter and get your stool tested and then see what goes on from there.