Escherichia Coli

Paradigm-Changing Mechanism is Revealed for the Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria

A new study led by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center is shedding new light on the action of Rho, a key regulatory protein in E. coli and many other bacteria. The study, published in the Jan. 14, 2010 issue of Nature, reveals a new paradigm to understand the ...More
January 14, 2010
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Foodborne Illness: An Acute and Long-Term Health Challenge

The Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention (CFI) has released a report that documents what is currently known about the long-term health outcomes associated with several foodborne illnesses. The report also discusses how under-reporting, inadequate follow-up ...More
November 16, 2009
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Sugars Give E. coli a Survival Advantage

Scientists at the University of York have discovered how certain bacteria such as Escherichia coli have evolved to capture rare sugars from their environment giving them an evolutionary advantage in naturally competitive environments like the human gut.Microbes are ...More
November 12, 2009
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Control and Prevention of MDROs

While multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant Enterococci (VRE), Clostridium difficile (C. diff) and certain Gram-negative bacilli (GNB ) continue to alarm the general public and are frequently ...More
October 15, 2009
Posted in Articles
Engineers Track Bacteria's Paddle-Like Motion for First Time

Yale University engineers have for the first time observed and tracked E. coli bacteria moving in a liquid medium with a motion similar to that of a kayak paddle.Their findings, which appear online September 29 in the journal Physical Review Letters, will help lead to a ...More
September 25, 2009
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Vaccine for Urinary Tract Infections Shows Early Promise

University of Michigan scientists have made an important step toward what could become the first effective vaccine to prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs), if the robust immunity achieved in mice can be reproduced in humans. The research findings, which appear online ...More
September 18, 2009
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A New Way to Stop UTIs?

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center may have a new way to stop and even prevent the urinary tract infections (UTIs) that plague more than one-third of all adults, some of them repeatedly.The researchers have discovered how cells within the bladder are able to ...More
August 20, 2009
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Mystery E. coli Genes Essential for Survival of Many Species

Scientists have shown that E. coli – one of the best known and extensively studied organisms in the world – remains an enigma that may hold the key to human diseases, such as cancer. The team, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ...More
July 13, 2009
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Improving the Detection of Foodborne Pathogens

Since the Jack-in-the-Box outbreak in 1993, food contamination continues to dominate the headlines. On June 28, a Colorado meat company agreed to expand a recall of beef due to possible contamination with the bacteria E. coli 0157.H7. Both the company and the U.S. ...More
June 29, 2009
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Cookie Dough Recalled for E. coli Contamination

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are warning consumers not to eat any varieties of prepackaged Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough due to the risk of contamination with E. coli O157:H7 (a bacterium that ...More
June 19, 2009
Posted in News