Escherichia coli Nissle 1917

Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Enterobacterales
Family:	Enterobacteriaceae
Genus:	Escherichia
Species:	E. coli;
Strain:	E. c. strain Nissle 1917
Trionomial name
	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.[1]

References

Sonnenborn, U (October 2016). "Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917-from bench to bedside and back: history of a special Escherichia coli strain with probiotic properties". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 363 (19): fnw212. doi:10.1093/femsle/fnw212. PMID 27619890.

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[1] Sonnenborn, U (October 2016). "Escherichia coli strain Nissle 1917-from bench to bedside and back: history of a special Escherichia coli strain with probiotic properties". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 363 (19): fnw212. doi:10.1093/femsle/fnw212. PMID 27619890.