enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Vaccine targeting common gut bacteria E.coli could help ...

    www.aol.com/vaccine-targeting-common-gut...

    The bacteria, E. coli, is commonly found in the human gut. Most strains of E. coli are harmless; however, if the bacterium gets into the bloodstream due to a weakened immune system it can cause ...

  3. Escherichia coli - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli

    E. coli is a chemoheterotroph whose chemically defined medium must include a source of carbon and energy. [16] E. coli is the most widely studied prokaryotic model organism, and an important species in the fields of biotechnology and microbiology, where it has served as the host organism for the majority of work with recombinant DNA. Under ...

  4. E. coli Is Everywhere Right Now—What Is It & How Do You Know ...

    www.aol.com/e-coli-everywhere-now-know-203251262...

    According to the FDA, E. coli is often innocuous. You might even have some living in your gut. But there are different strains of E. coli, and some can be potentially dangerous. This recall ...

  5. Are onions safe to eat after the E. coli outbreak? What you ...

    www.aol.com/news/onions-safe-eat-e-coli...

    Onions, like many fresh produce items, can become contaminated with E. coli if they are exposed to contaminated water or soil during growing, harvesting or processing.

  6. Escherichia - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia

    While many Escherichia are commensal members of the gut microbiota, certain strains of some species, most notably the pathogenic serotypes of E. coli, are human pathogens, [7] and are the most common cause of urinary tract infections, [8] significant sources of gastrointestinal disease, ranging from simple diarrhea to dysentery-like conditions, [3] as well as a wide range of other pathogenic ...

  7. Microbial food cultures - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial_food_cultures

    Microbial food cultures are live bacteria, yeasts or moulds used in food production. Microbial food cultures carry out the fermentation process in foodstuffs. Used by humans since the Neolithic period (around 10 000 years BC) [1] fermentation helps to preserve perishable foods and to improve their nutritional and organoleptic qualities (in this case, taste, sight, smell, touch).

  8. Fast food e. coli outbreak in several states that sickened ...

    www.aol.com/fast-food-e-coli-outbreak-170600538.html

    (The Center Square) – A case investigating an E. coli outbreak in multiple states stemming from onions found in some McDonald’s quarter pounder hamburgers has been concluded, federal agencies ...

  9. Genetically modified bacteria - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_bacteria

    The first example of this occurred in 1978 when Herbert Boyer, working at a University of California laboratory, took a version of the human insulin gene and inserted into the bacterium Escherichia coli to produce synthetic "human" insulin. Four years later, it was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.