Escherichia coli
Recent findings from Iowa State University highlight research in Escherichia coli
Published in Vaccine Weekly, January 21st, 2009
"The ecotoxicological effects of transgenic maize-expressed vaccine protein, Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin subunit B (LTB), on two soil invertebrates were studied under laboratory settings. After being reared for 28 days on LTB-maize-treated soils, no apparent mortality of the springtail, Folsomia candida, or the earthworm, Eisenia fetida, was observed at levels well above conservatively projected estimated environmental concentrations," scientists writing in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry report.
"Therefore, it is concluded that there would be no acutely toxic effect of LTB to these species. As for the subacute effect, no significant...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-01-21)
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