Escherichia_coli_Nissle_1917

<i>Escherichia coli</i> Nissle 1917

Escherichia coli Nissle 1917

Strain of bacteria

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]

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References

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    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. Open access icon
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