E COLI RESEARCH
September 1st, 2003
BY PHILIP FINE
SCIENTISTS from the UK's Institute for Animal Health have pin-pointed 60 genes associated with the deadly E. coli bacterium. The scientists said identifying the genes, which are needed by E. coli O157 to survive in calves' intestines, should prove valuable in developing drugs or vaccines to prevent the bacterium from colonising.
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SCIENTISTS from the UK's Institute for Animal Health have pin-pointed 60 genes associated with the deadly E. coli bacterium. The scientists said identifying the genes, which are needed by E. coli O157 to survive in calves' intestines, should prove valuable in developing drugs or vaccines to prevent the bacterium from colonising.
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