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stw
May 27, 2004, 02:32 PM
What is the size of the intestinal bacteries ?
viking
May 30, 2004, 08:32 PM
This is a great website that will anser many of your questions.
http://www.slic2.wsu.edu:82/hurlbert/micro101/pages/Chap3.html
The most common bacterium in the intestines is E. coli which is 1 to 2 micrometers in length by 0.5 to 1 micrometers in width.
You need a really small ruler for these guys!
sovaira
Jul 10, 2007, 11:52 PM
I think not more than
0.05 - 0.5 mm
Cinnabar
Jul 11, 2007, 01:55 PM
What is the size of the the intestinal bacteries ?
There are hundreds of species of gut flora. You can look up these genera to get a general idea:
-bacteroides
-bifidobacterium
-eubacterium
-clostridium
-peptococcus
-peptostreptococcus
-ruminococcus
-escherichia
-enterobacter
-enterococcus
-klebsiella
-lactobacillus
-proteus
There are others but those are some of the main ones.