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Escherichia Coli
Researchers at University of Aberdeen target Escherichia coli
December 23rd, 2008
According to recent research published in the Journal of Applied Microbiology, "Development of a novel inoculation technique to improve the current methods of determining the leaching of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from faeces. Ruminant faeces were inoculated with a high [c. 10(7) colony forming units (CFU) g(-1)] or low (c. 10(4) CFU g(-1)) load of a lux-marked strain of E. coli O157:H7 via injection, and subjected to four simulated heavy rainfall events." "The population density and metabolic activity of E. coli O157:H7 recovered within the leachate was determined following each simulated rain event and compared with the indigenous E. coli population. The...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-12-23)
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