Ward's® Live Escherichia coli culture

This organism is a common inhabitant of intestinal flora, and can be a major cause of urinary tract infection.

• Biosafety Level: 1
• Canada: Containment Level 2 - PHAC License required
• Gram Stain: Negative
• Morphology: rods
• Motility: Positive
• Indole: Positive
• Citrate: Negative
• Lactose: Positive
• Respiration: Aerobic

All bacterial cultures undergo an extensive quality control program prior to releasing for sale, so they are guaranteed for purity as well as for species. This organism is offered as a ready-to-use tube culture, as well as in a freeze-dried culture for longer storage. Freeze-dried organisms come with everything you need to rehydrate and culture the organism when you're ready.

Ordering information: These products contain living or perishable materials and will ship via overnight or 2nd day delivery. Please specify a delivery date during checkout. Bacterial and fungal cultures are restricted and can only be ordered by educational and research professionals. Ward's Science is not affiliated with the American Type Culture Collection and does not provide corresponding ATCC numbers for our organisms.

Caution: Though this organism is not considered to be pathogenic, Ward's recommends that you utilize proper aseptic technique when handling all microorganisms.