| Abstract | The Penn State E. coli Reference Center was established in 1967 and today with approximately 90,000 isolates serves as one of the largest collections of a single bacterial species. This site is a resource for the scientific community, providing documentation of isolates in the collection, known metadata, and genomic-based resources for learning more about the strains. For more information or to inquire about obtaining strains, see https://foodscience.psu.edu/research/centers/ecoli. |