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

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

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

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

Those pathogenic strains can lead to very severe illness, Dr. Gharahbaghian tells PS, and may even cause death if they get ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...