What is fecal coliform?
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Fecal
coliform is a bacteria that live in animals intestes.When the feces exit out
of it's body rain, washes it into bodies of water.Enterobacter, klebsiella,
and citrobacter are not of fecal origin, like e-coli, but are still part of
of the coliform family.Most fecal coliforms aren't harmful, but if you swim
in waters that have large amounts of this bacteria, you may get an ear infection
or another type of illness.
Fecal coliforms can also contaminate food.If you get food poisoning, you can
blame various fecal coliforms, but e-coli is the usual cause.you may have heard
of this bacteria, but the dangerous type of e-coli is e-coli 01579:H7.