escherichia albertii escherichia albertii escherichia albertii is a species of bacterium in the same genus as e. coli. it was described in 2003 after being isolated from the diarrhea of bangladeshi children. five strains are known. the importance of the species in disease is unclear. escherichia albertii scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: pseudomonadota class: gammaproteobacteria order: enterobacterales family: enterobacteriaceae genus: escherichia species: e. albertii binomial name escherichia albertii(huys et al. 2003)