title: Commemoration of the publication 100 years ago of the papers by Dr. Th. Escherich in which are described for the first time the organisms that bear his name.
abstract: The centenary of the publication by Dr. Th. Escherich of his papers on the colonization of the intestines of neonates by bacteria is commemorated. His papers are reviewed and discussed from the point of view of current knowledge. The organisms described by him as Bacterium coli commune and now known as Escherichia coli are particularly discussed and their role as enteropathogens assessed. Current work on these organisms is contrasted with studies on them over the last 100 years.
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D001432:Bacteriology / Q000266:history; D004926:Escherichia coli; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century