It is said of a very large group of bacteria of different genera and species have common biochemical characteristics and likeness with the Escherichia coli, discovered in 1860 by the German bacteriologist Theodor von Escherich called it bacterium coli, bacteria of the intestine. The presence of these bacteria in the water is an indicator of contamination which is often solved with chlorine.
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