SALMONELLA BUGS HAVE LITTLE LEGS HELPING THEM CLING TO SALADS: TOP PROFESSOR
October 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SO why is salmonella such a cussed bug, able to lay so many people low? Part of the reason, says a new study headed by Professor Gadi Frankel from Imperial College, London, is that these bacteria use stringy appendages to attach themselves to salad leaves and other vegetables, and they hang on tight. These findings are something of a surprise given that food poisoning through salmonella is usually associated with contaminated meat, especially beef and chicken, with these bugs living in cow guts and chicken egg ducts. But salmonella can also ...
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