Editing Escherichia coli (section)

===Neotype strain===
''E. coli'' is the type species of the genus (''Escherichia'') and in turn ''Escherichia'' is the type genus of the family [[Enterobacteriaceae]], where the family name does not stem from the genus ''[[Enterobacter]]'' + "i" (sic.) + "[[Bacterial taxonomy|aceae]]", but from "enterobacterium" + "aceae" (enterobacterium being not a genus, but an alternative trivial name to enteric bacterium).<ref name=Bergey2B /><ref name="pmid9103655">{{cite journal | vauthors = Euzéby JP | title = List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet | journal = International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology | volume = 47 | issue = 2 | pages = 590–2 | date = April 1997 | pmid = 9103655 | doi = 10.1099/00207713-47-2-590 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Conservation of the family name Enterobacteriaceae, of the name of the type genus, and designation of the type species |journal=International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy |date=1 January 1958 |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=73–74 |doi=10.1099/0096266X-8-1-73 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

The original strain described by Escherich is believed to be lost, consequently a new type strain (neotype) was chosen as a representative: the neotype strain is U5/41<sup>T</sup>,<ref name="Meier-Kolthoff14">{{cite journal | vauthors = Meier-Kolthoff JP, Hahnke RL, Petersen J, Scheuner C, Michael V, Fiebig A, Rohde C, Rohde M, Fartmann B, Goodwin LA, Chertkov O, Reddy T, Pati A, Ivanova NN, Markowitz V, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M, Klenk HP | display-authors = 6 | title = Complete genome sequence of DSM 30083(T), the type strain (U5/41(T)) of ''Escherichia coli'', and a proposal for delineating subspecies in microbial taxonomy | journal = Standards in Genomic Sciences | volume = 9 | pages = 2 | year = 2013 | pmid = 25780495 | pmc = 4334874 | doi = 10.1186/1944-3277-9-2 | doi-access = free }}</ref> also known under the deposit names [[DSMZ|DSM 30083]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-30083.html|title=Details: DSM-30083|work=dsmz.de|access-date=10 January 2017}}</ref> [[American Type Culture Collection|ATCC 11775]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atcc.org/ATCCAdvancedCatalogSearch/ProductDetails/tabid/452/Default.aspx?ATCCNum=11775&Template=bacteria|title=Escherichia coli (Migula) Castellani and Chalmers ATCC 11775&tra|work=atcc.org|access-date=10 January 2017|archive-date=4 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204005421/http://www.atcc.org/ATCCAdvancedCatalogSearch/ProductDetails/tabid/452/Default.aspx?ATCCNum=11775&Template=bacteria|url-status=dead}}</ref> and NCTC 9001,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/escherichia|title=Escherichia|publisher=LPSN|access-date=6 February 2011}}</ref> which is pathogenic to chickens and has an O1:K1:H7 [[serotype]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jcm.riken.go.jp/cgi-bin/jcm/jcm_number?JCM=1649 |title=Escherichia coli (Migula 1895) Castellani and Chalmers 1919 |work=JCM Catalogue }}</ref> However, in most studies, either [[O157:H7]], K-12 MG1655, or K-12 W3110 were used as a representative ''E. coli''. The genome of the type strain has only lately (2013) been sequenced.<ref name="Meier-Kolthoff14"/>