Escherichia coli Nissle 1917
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Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Enterobacterales |
Family: | Enterobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Escherichia |
Species: | E. coli |
Strain: | E. c. strain Nissle 1917 |
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Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917 |
Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 is a strain of Escherichia coli that was isolated from the feces of a German soldier in 1917 by the German researcher Alfred Nissle. Since that time it has been widely studied as a probiotic and several marketed probiotics include it and naturally colonizes the human intestines and has positive probiotic properties.[1]
References
- PMID 27619890.