What is fecal coliform?
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al 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.