Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) are major foodborne pathogens that constitute a serious public health threat, mainly in young children. Shiga toxins (Stx) are the main virulence determinants ...

This release is available in German. Just a few genes make enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) extremely dangerous to humans. If it were not for these genes, EHEC would hardly differ from harmless ...

All human beings carry roughly one to two kg of bacteria in their bodies. The most common enteric bacterium is Escherichia coli, which is also the best-studied microorganism on earth. “Its genetic ...

Escherichia coli, known as E. coli, are bacteria which many people associate with causing mild food poisoning, but some types of E. coli can be fatal. UNSW Science microbiologists studied an E. coli ...

It remains mysterious why humans get infected by some bacterial or viral pathogens relatively easily while animals that have very similar tissues and immune functions do not. This chasm also is the ...

The strain of enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) 0104:H4 isolated from cases in the EHEC infection outbreak in Germany is a rare one, seen in humans before, but never in an EHEC outbreak. The ...

In May 2011, a severe health emergency was declared in Germany. Nearly 4,000 people fell ill, and 53 lost their lives. 1 The cause: certain bacteria–Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC for short)–that ...

Treatment for a deadly E. coli strain may be possible in the future, after researchers identify a new molecular pathway that controls the potent Shiga toxin. EHEC is a food-borne pathogen that ...