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Bacterial Toxin Tied to Chronic Urinary Tract Infections

Researchers from the University of Utah have identified a process by which the most common types of urinary tract infection-causing bacteria are able to trigger bladder cell shedding and disable immune responses. According to this new study, published in the Jan. 19, 2012, ...More
January 18, 2012
Posted in News
Unique E. coli Protein May Be Not After All

A bacterial protein recently thought to be a unique mechanism for utilizing iron may not be after all. Researchers from the University of Georgia, the Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes, the University of Oklahoma and the University of Utah School of Medicine report ...More
January 4, 2012
Posted in News
Compound in Apples Inhibits E. coli O157:H7

A compound that is abundant in apples and strawberries inhibits the highly pathogenic E. coli O157:H7 biofilms while sparing a beneficial strain of E. coli that also forms biofilms in the human gut, according to a paper in the December 2011 issue of the journal Infection ...More
December 16, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Ready-to-Bake Cookie Dough is Not Ready-to-Eat, Study Finds

The investigation of a 2009 multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), an important cause of bacterial gastrointestinal illness, led to a new culprit: ready-to-bake commercial prepackaged cookie dough. Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and ...More
December 9, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
New Leads on Mechanisms That Confer Virulence to E. coli-Type Bacteria

A team headed by scientists from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) reports how the protein Ler, which is found in pathogenic bacteria, interacts with certain DNA sequences, thereby activating numerous genes responsible for virulence, which bacteria ...More
December 9, 2011
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Researchers Gain Insights Into the Genomic Anatomy of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Outbreaks

A team of academic and government scientists from the United States published data presenting the genomic blueprints and outbreak dynamics of the human pathogen Escherichia coli O157:H7 in previously unprecedented detail. Enterohemorrhagic E. coli of the serotype O157:H7 is ...More
December 1, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Report Answers Questions About E. coli

It has been the cause of infamous international foodborne disease outbreaks and yet it is the most studied bacterium in science, an essential part of the human digestive tract, and a backbone of the biotech industry. To enhance public understanding of the bacterium ...More
November 16, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
Close-Up Look at a Microbial Vaccination Program

A complex of proteins in the bacterium E.coli that plays a critical role in defending the microbe from viruses and other invaders has been discovered to have the shape of a seahorse by researchers with the U.S Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ...More
September 22, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
UTHealth Student Earns Fellowships to Research Major Source of Bacterial Infections

A doctoral student at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has been awarded two research fellowships to study the spread of E. coli, a hard-to-treat bacterium that can lead to food poisoning. Jennifer Juarez received fellowships from the ...More
September 21, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens
E. coli, Salmonella May Lurk in Unwashable Places in Produce

Sanitizing the outside of produce may not be enough to remove harmful food pathogens, according to a Purdue University study that demonstrated that Salmonella and E. coli can live inside plant tissues. E. coli 0157:H7 was present in tissues of mung bean sprouts and ...More
August 15, 2011
Posted in News, Infections & Pathogens

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