Scientists in South Korea have engineered tiny bacterial cells that are churning out plastic. The plastics produced by the ...

Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest ...

Q: I have seen so many headlines saying that vegetables are contaminated with E. coli bacteria. I grow a lot of my own ...

One year after his initial disappearance, the untimely death of 22-year-old Missouri student Riley Strain is still on the minds of many in his home state and Nashville, where his accidental death ...

They learned that a low carb, low fiber diet combined with a particular strain of Escherichia coli can lead to an increase in polyps in the colon, which can lead to developing colorectal cancer.

This study assessed differences in the conjugative transfer of an IncP-1 (pKJK5) plasmid to three natural Escherichia coli strains carrying extended-spectrum beta-lactamases, by filter mating. Matings ...

Lastly, our experiment considered for the first time the evaluation of the directionality of the phenotypic response of E. coli strains simultaneously evolved in two different environmental conditions ...

State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Resources, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China ...

They found that a unique strain of E. coli bacteria, when paired with a diet low in carbs and soluble fiber, drives the growth of polyps in the colon, which can be a precursor to cancer.

Researchers found one of the E. coli strains isolated in cheese in Egypt in 2018 had the same properties as the E. coli in the milk that caused food poisoning in more than 1,800 schoolchildren in ...

The researchers found that one of the E. coli strains they isolated from the samples collected in 2018 in Egypt had the same characteristics as the E. coli that caused food poisoning in Japan's ...