News tagged with e coli
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Scientist engineers E. coli to produce biodiesel
One mention of E. coli conjures images of sickness and food poisoning, but the malevolent bacteria may also be the key to the future of renewable energy.
Sep 03, 2010 |
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Bacteria make thrift a habit, researchers find
(PhysOrg.com) -- In these lean times, smart consumers refuse to pay a lot for throwaway items, but will shell out a little more for products that can be used again and again. The same is true of bacteria and ...
Aug 25, 2010 |
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New evidence on how cranberry juice fights bacteria that cause urinary tract infections
Scientists today reported new scientific evidence on the effectiveness of that old folk remedy -- cranberry juice -- for urinary tract infections, at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society ...
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Aphid immune system aided by friendly bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- Conventional thinking says that animal immune systems have evolved to defend against harmful microorganisms, but a new Cornell study examines the role of friendly bacteria in shaping animal ...
Aug 19, 2010 |
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Warning system inadequate to prevent swimmers from getting sick at inland lakes
New research shows a clear link between increasing levels of E. coli bacteria in an inland Ohio lake and a greater risk that swimmers in the water will suffer a gastrointestinal illness.
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Emerging E. coli strain causes many antimicrobial-resistant infections in US
A new, drug-resistant strain of E. coli is causing serious disease, according to a new study, now available online, in the Aug. 1, 2010, issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 30, 2010 |
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'Lab on a Chip' Detects Human, Agricultural Contaminants
(PhysOrg.com) -- The UA's Jeong-Yeol Yoon is using glass-slide laboratories to detect E. coli in water and vegetables and to monitor disease in livestock.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 19, 2010 |
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Reusable Grocery Bags Contaminated With E. Coli, Other Bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the UA and Loma Linda University found that reusable grocery bags carry more than just groceries. Samples taken from dozens of bags, which almost never get washed, showed half ...
Jun 24, 2010 |
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Experiment turns up the heat on natural selection, reveals new details of an evolutionary mechanism
Scientists in Munich report evidence that high concentrations of the molecular "chaperone" proteins GroEL and GroES -- intracellular machines that can stabilize folding proteins under stress -- play a critical role in increasing ...
Jun 17, 2010 |
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E. coli 0157:H7 present but not common in wildlife of nation's salad bowl
The disease-causing bacterium E. coli O157:H7 is present but rare in some wildlife species of California's agriculturally rich Central Coast region, an area often referred to as the nation's "salad bowl," reports a team o ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 25, 2010 |
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Antibacterial silver nanoparticles are a blast
Writing in the International Journal of Nanoparticles, Rani Pattabi and colleagues at Mangalore University, explain how blasting silver nitrate solution with an electron beam can generate nanoparticles that are more effect ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 24, 2010 |
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Researchers find mechanism that may stop E. coli from developing in cattle
May 11, 2010 - Microbiologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center, working with the Department of Agriculture, have identified a potential target in cattle that could be exploited to help prevent outbreaks of food-borne illnesses ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Weird, ultra-small microbes turn up in acidic mine drainage
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the depths of a former copper mine in Northern California dwell what may be the smallest, most stripped-down forms of life ever discovered.
May 03, 2010 |
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E. coli kills 1 child, sickens 3 at Wash. day care
(AP) -- Fletch Family Daycare of Vancouver has been looking after its young charges for two decades without serious problems - until a strain of E. coli emerged with deadly results.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 10, 2010 |
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A 2-in-1 test for detecting E. coli in ground beef and other foods
Scientists today reported development of the first two-in-one test that can simultaneously detect both the E. coli bacteria responsible for terrible food poisoning outbreaks, and the toxins, or poisons, that t ...
Mar 23, 2010 |
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