This document discusses Escherichia coli (E. coli), a type of bacteria commonly found in the intestines of humans and animals. It can be part of normal intestinal flora but some strains cause illness. The document describes E. coli's characteristics such as being a gram-negative bacillus and facultative anaerobe. It also discusses different types of pathogenic E. coli and their virulence factors. The second half of the document focuses on methods for detecting and enumerating beta-glucuronidase-positive E. coli using a tryptone-bile-glucuronic medium at 44°C on a petri dish. It provides the procedure, incubation times, and formulas for calculating colony