During an inspection, E. coli was found at 1,000 times the legal limit in Crosby, Texas, roughly 30 minutes northeast of ...

E. coli, short for Escherichia coli, is a type of bacteria that can mess with your gut or urinary tract. Depending on the strain, it might cause diarrhea or that awful burning feeling when you pee.

Thus organisms capable of lactose fermentation such as Escherichia coli, form bright pinky-red colonies (plate pictured on the left here). MacConkey agar is commonly used to differentiate between the ...