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e. coli 0157 is a pathogen that cannot ferment sorbitol, a sugar alcohol, to acid whereas the E. coli in our GI tract, a member of the normal flora, can ferment sorbitol to acid. What media would you use to differentiate between these two E. coli strains?

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