Pilus biogenesis in Escherichia coli encompasses an intricate process by which these filamentous organelles are assembled and deployed to mediate adhesion, colonisation, and biofilm formation. Central ...
"The UN estimates that by 2050, common bacterial infections could kill more people than cancer," says Arnold Mathijssen, a biophysicist at the University of Pennsylvania who studies how active ...
A research team at the University of Würzburg has, for the first time, uncovered how E. coli bacteria sneak into the prostate ...
After two recent major recalls for organic walnuts and ground beef found to be potentially contaminated with E. coli, interest in symptoms and prevention for the disease is on the rise. E. coli is ...
Some E. coli strains produce a toxin that can be deadly. Just before Thanksgiving, a multistate E. Coli outbreak in the U.S. linked to romaine lettuce was reported by the Centers for Disease Control ...