Science plays a vital role in our everyday life, making our lives easier, safer, and more comfortable. From the smartphones we use and the transportation we rely on to modern medicine, electricity, and the internet, science influences almost every aspect of daily living. It has transformed the way we communicate, work, learn, travel, and solve…

Escherichia coli: From Gut Microbe to Model Organism E.coli is a gram negative, facultative anaerobic, rod shaped and nonsporulating coliformbacteria that belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family. In 1884, the German microbiologistand pediatrician Theodor Escherichia began a study of infant gut microbes. During his study,he discovered a first growing bacterium that he called bacterium coli commune…