The CDC announced that an E. coli outbreak had been linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders in 10 states, causing at least 49 illnesses, 10 hospitalizations and one death.

Microplastics aren’t just everywhere — they might be turning your dinner into a breeding ground for supercharged pathogens.

If an intestinal inhabitant such as the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) becomes resistant to many antibiotics, it can ...

The strain of E. coli linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders is one of the leading causes of foodborne illness in the U.S. On Oct. 22, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced ...

Different strains of E.coli can outcompete one another to take over the gut, a new study reveals. Publishing their findings today in PLOS Biology, scientists reveal that a particular strain, known ...

More information: Asmaa M. Elbastawesy et al, Prevalence of potentially pathogenic and antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia ...

Bacteria are ubiquitous microscopic organisms capable of rapid growth. While beneficial strains like lactic acid bacteria ...

However, some strains, like E. coli O157:H7, can be dangerous. Pathogenic strains of E. coli are classified into several groups based on their ability to cause disease.

A version of E coli known as ST410 became the most common strain of drug-resistant E. coli in Chinese hospitals from 2017 to 2021. The latest strain, which was described in the new study, is stronger ...

Already, so-called ST410 strains of the E. coli bacterium -- resistant to last-resort antibiotics called carbapenems -- have become the most common drug-resistant strains seen in Chinese hospitals ...

E. coli is a fecal coliform that health departments can test for in Indiana waters. The bacteria ends up in our waters from the gastrointestinal tracts of people and warm-blooded animals. The bacteria ...

The study also found some multi-drug resistant E. coli harbor antibiotic resistance and virulence (or disease-causing) genes that are super common among tough, pathogenic bacteria.