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Disease-causing Escherichia coli: 'I will survive'

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Strains of Escherichia coli bacteria that cause food poisoning have been shown to have marked differences in the numbers of genes they carry compared to laboratory strains of E. coli. Some of these genes may enable them t ...


Genetically engineered bacteria compute the route

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

US researchers have created 'bacterial computers' with the potential to solve complicated mathematics problems. The findings of the research, published in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Biological Engineering, demons ...


Light-activated antibacterial coating is new weapon in fight against hospital-acquired infections

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new hard coating with antibacterial properties that has been tested by researchers at the UCL Eastman Dental Institute has been shown to kill 99.9% of Escherichia coli bacteria when a white hospital light was shone on its ...





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Viruses can turn harmless E. coli dangerous

Viruses can turn harmless E. coli dangerous

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

For her doctorate, Camilla Sekse studied how viral DNA can be transmitted from pathogenic to non-pathogenic E. coli. Viruses that infect bacteria in this way are called bacteriophages. Her findings reveal ...


GIANT-Coli: A novel method to quicken discovery of gene function

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created Aug 07, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Think researchers know all there is to know about Escherichia coli, commonly known as E. coli? Think again. "E. coli has more than four thousand genes, and the functions of one-fourth of these remain unknown," says Dr. Deborah ...


Sweet as can be: How E. coli gets ahead

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 enviro ...


New Vaccines May Help Thwart E. coli O157:H7

New Vaccines May Help Thwart E. coli O157:H7

Biology / Other

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Immunizing calves with either of two forms of a vaccine newly developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists might reduce the spread of sometimes deadly Escherichia coli O157:H7 ...


Mixing it up with E. coli

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created Jan 15, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Poetry in motion may seem like an odd way to describe swimming bacteria, but that's what researchers at Drexel University got when they enlisted Escherichia coli (E. coli) in an effort to tackle a major problem in developing ...


Escherichia coli bacteria transferring between humans and mountain gorillas

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created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study finds that mountain gorillas are at increased risk of acquiring gastrointestinal microbes, such as Escherichia Coli, from humans. The study, published in Conservation Biology, examines the exchange of digestive ...


Molecular chaperone keeps bacterial proteins from slow-dancing to destruction

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Just like teenagers at a prom, proteins are tended by chaperones whose job it is to prevent unwanted interactions among immature clients. And at the molecular level, just as at the high school gym level, it's a job that usually ...


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Bacteria in urinary tract infections caught making burglar's tools

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Bacteria that cause urinary tract infections (UTIs) make more tools for stealing from their host than friendly versions of the same bacteria found in the gut, researchers at Washington University School of ...


New technique puts DNA profiling of E. coli on fast track

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created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using new genetic techniques, scientists are unlocking the secrets of how E coli bacteria contaminate food and make people sick.


New research reveals how cranberry products prevent urinary tract infections

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chemicals present in cranberries—and not the acidity of cranberry juice, as previously thought—prevent infection-causing bacteria from attaching to the cells that line the urinary tract, as documented in a report published ...



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