There, Escherichia coli bacteria are growing to produce an experimental vaccine against influenza.

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An outbreak of a dangerous strain of Escherichia coli bacteria in Germany has already killed 15 people and made 1, 000 more ill.

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The planet now harbors a strain of the famous bacteria Escherichia coli (e. coli) that can chew up plants and excrete biodiesel.

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Two common gut bacteria, Escherichia coli and Helicobacter pylori, and also the influenza-A virus, are particularly adept at playing the evasive game of molecular mimicry, and the team is now looking at possible connections between different gut bacteria and autoantibodies against melanocortins to see if they can pin down which, if any, of these bugs might be responsible.

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They tested their treated materials with Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli, the gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria that are always giving humans a bad day.

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The bacteria that caused the recall is a strain of Escherichia coli, a bug that swims by the trillions in the digestive systems of people, cows and other mammals and is vital to digesting food.

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