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Ecoli
E. Coli
What do I look like? I’m a straight rod and can move.

Where can you find me? You can find me in the lower part of the intestine of warm blooded animals.

What do I do? One family of E. coli, 0157, only ten of these are needed to give you diarrhoea and make you vomit.

 
Bifido
Bifidobacterium
What do I look like? I’m a rod of various shapes, sometimes with bends that look like Y’s W’s and V’s.

Where can you find me? You can find me in the gut of man and animals.

What do I do? I am added to yoghurts to increase the numbers of good bacteria in your gut and to make you healthy. 
lacto
Lactobacillus
What do I look like? I’m a long slender rod.

Where can you find me? You can find me in the mouth and gut of healthy people. I can also be added to dairy products.

What do I do? I am added to yogurts to keep your gut healthy and to keep the bad bacteria away. 
Streptococcus
What do I look like? I’m a spherical cell and can occur in chains.

Where can you find me? You can find me in humans, horses, pigs and cows. In these hosts I’m found in the mouth, throat, skin, heart and muscle.

What do I do? Mostly I’m harmless but I can give you a sore throat and scarlet fever. 
Salmonella
What do I look like? I’m a straight rod and can move.

Where can you find me? Sometimes you can find me in your gut but mostly in live chickens, pigs, water and soil.

What do I do? In large numbers I make you vomit and give you fever.  
Roseburia
What do I look like? I’m a rod and can also move.

Where can you find me? You can find me in the gut of healthy humans and animals. I have only recently been identified by the scientists at the Rowett Research Institute.

What do I do? They’ve found that I produce a substance which may prevent colon cancer.

 


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