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Escherichia spec.

8,428Records since 2000
OctoberPeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan562
Feb703
Mar589
Apr241
May259
Jun361
Jul584
Aug342
Sep523
Oct773
Nov554
Dec480

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England832
2Devon England379
3Scottish Borders Scotland254
4Dumfries and Galloway Scotland152
5York England95
6Oxfordshire England51
7Nottinghamshire England31
8Sefton England15
9Cheshire East England12
10Midlothian Scotland6
11Gwynedd Wales3
12Conwy Wales3
13Denbighshire Wales3
14Cornwall England1
15Lincolnshire England1

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
8,428
Peak month
October
Counties with records
20
Group
Microorganisms and protists
Kingdom
Bacteria
Phylum
Proteobacteria
Class
Gammaproteobacteria
Order
Enterobacterales
Family
Enterobacteriaceae
Genus
Escherichia
Name with authority
Escherichia coli_E
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 11286021