Question

Which of the following Bacteria is responsible for the Gastrointestinal Disease?

• A. E. coli
• B. S. Faecalis
• C. Both $A$ and $B$
• D. Saurous

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Both $A$ and $B$

Gastrointestinal diseases refer to diseases involving the gastrointestinal tract, namely the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum, and the accessory organs of digestion, the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.

E. coli (Escherichia coli) is the name of a germ, or bacterium,that lives in the digestive tracts of humans and animals. There are many types of E. coli, and most of them are harmless. But some can cause bloody diarrhea.

Enterococcus faecalis – formerly classified as part of the group D Streptococcus system – is a Gram-positive, commensal bacterium inhabiting the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and other mammals