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.

Here’s what to know about the dangerous germ. What is E. coli? E. coli is a type of bacteria found in the environment, including water, food and in the intestines of people and animals.

Escherichia coli cycles between two principal habitats-intestines of warm-blooded animals and water, sediment, and soil-that are shown to be quite distinct with respect to physical conditions and the ...

The positively charged particles still caused stress -- and enhanced Shiga-like toxin production -- in biofilm-bound E. coli. "Biofilms are a very robust bacterial structure and are hard to eradicate.

The synthetic bacteria contain a shorter genetic code with 57 codons rather than 64, freeing up space for further edits that might lead to new drugs or virus-resistant microbes ...

About 50 people have fallen ill in the McDonald’s outbreak, and one has died, with ages ranging from 13 to 88.

A Cornell-led collaboration has devised a potentially low-cost method for producing antibodies for therapeutic treatments.

An E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce ripped across 15 states in November, sickening dozens of people, including a 9-year-old boy in Indiana who nearly died of kidney failure and a 57-year-old ...

There are no reported cases of E. coli in Boone County at this time, said Austin Krohn, public information specialist for Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services. It's unclear where in ...