BWH Image Archive: Escherichia coli

Images

Lactose-fermenting, Gram negative rods.
E. coli from urine
MacConkey agar plate of E. coli from urine (>106 CFU/mL). Note pink, non-shiny, lactose+ colonies that are characteristic for E. coli.

Mucoid phenotype of E. coli in 
urine culture/UTI
Urine culture on MacConkey agar. Lactose+, mucoid colonies identified as E. coli by API testing (not to be confused with mucoid nature of Klebsiella pneumoniae).