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    May 27, 2004, 02:32 PM
    Size of the intestinal bacteries
    What is the size of the intestinal bacteries ?
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    May 30, 2004, 08:32 PM
    Re: size of the intestinal bacteries
    This is a great website that will anser many of your questions.

    http://www.slic2.wsu.edu:82/hurlbert...ges/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!
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    Jul 10, 2007, 11:52 PM
    I think not more than
    0.05 - 0.5 mm
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    Jul 11, 2007, 01:55 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by stw
    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.
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