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_E. coli_ is one of the most widely studied organisms – and that may be a problem for both science and medicine

  • Written by Megan Keller, Ph.D. Candidate in Microbiology, Cornell University
_E. coli_ is one of the most widely studied organisms – and that may be a problem for both science and medicine_E. coli_ as a model organism helped researchers better understand how DNA works.Ed Horowitz Photography/The Image Bank via Getty Images

In 1857, a young pediatrician named Theodor Escherich discovered what may very well be the most well-studied organism today. The rod-shaped bacterium named Escherichia coli, better known as E. coli, is a very...

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