https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ahs-ecoli-daycares-1.6961190 “#AlbertaHealthServices says there are now 142 lab-confirmed cases of #Ecoli linked to an outbreak at #CalgaryDaycares — and a small number of children are now receiving dialysis.”

Uwe Sauer from ETH Zürich at #JGI2023:

Metabolite-Protein Interactions - how do they coordinate metabolism in E.coli?

@LBNLBioSci

#metabolites #Ecoli

'Diarrhoea at world triathlon championship in Sunderland'.
'Athletes competing on stretch of UK coastline where reduced water quality at centre of dispute over #sewage discharges.'
@JonUngoedThomas @MaximilianJenz @guardian #Ecoli #Bacterialinfection

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/05/investigation-after-57-world-triathlon-championship-swimmers-fall-sick-and-get-diarrhoea-in-sunderland-race?CMP=share_btn_tw

'Diarrhoea at world triathlon championship in Sunderland'.
'Athletes competing on stretch of UK coastline where reduced water quality at centre of dispute over #sewage discharges.'
@JonUngoedThomas @MaximilianJenz @guardian #Ecoli #Bacterialinfection

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/05/investigation-after-57-world-triathlon-championship-swimmers-fall-sick-and-get-diarrhoea-in-sunderland-race?CMP=share_btn_tw

Public health in action! Though it shouldn't need to be if the water was clean enough!

#Ecoli #sewage #water #triathlon #diarrhoea #diarrhea #ukpolitics #publichealth #microbiology #infectiousdiseases #medicine

Investigation after 57 swimmers fall sick and get diarrhoea at Sunderland world triathlon championship race

> Athletes competing on stretch of UK coastline where reduced water quality at centre of dispute over sewage discharges

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/05/investigation-after-57-world-triathlon-championship-swimmers-fall-sick-and-get-diarrhoea-in-sunderland-race?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

New virulence factor for uropathogenic E coli. Interesting link to induction of "stronger" immune response - cause or effect?
#Ecoli #UPEC #uropathogenic #UTI #urology #microbiology #infectiousdeseases #IDMastodon

HlyF, an underestimated virulence factor of uropathogenic Escherichia coli - Clinical Microbiology and Infection

https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(23)00352-X/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email

@shawngoldwater @MsMerope @ai6yr “Chemical Eye 👁️ on Bleach Blondes” 👉 http://www.sitnews.us/MacDougall/070706_macdougall.html

#Chlorine is not a #GreenMonster.
#Chemiverse #Chemistry #Ecoli

Persistent #UTI in Association with Community-Acquired #NDM5 #Ecoli Clonal Group Following #COVID-19 Infection — #Beijing Municipality, China, 2023 - CCDC: https://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/doi/10.46234/ccdcw2023.110 #amr #antibiotics #MDR #XDR #enterobacteriaceae #china

Antibiotic resistance at the forefront again and the issue of dealing with specific resistant bacteria without harming the beneficial ones in your system.

Hence antibacterials are out, but what about targeted bacteriophages?

Researchers in Denmark have engineered a phage with CRISPR that targets only E. coli to protect the microbiome from harm.

#Resistance #Disease #Antibiotics #Ecoli #Denmark #Bacteriophage #Phage #CRISPR #Science #Biotech #Biotechnology #Scicomm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-023-01759-y

Bacterial communication occurs via proteins and packets of molecules, which can only be termed "talking" in the loosest of senses, but does involve the exchange of critical information.

Michigan State scientists have modified cyanobacteria to be able to communicate with modified E. coli and create a connected network of inducible behaviors for coordinated community activity.

#Science #Bacteria #Cyanobacteria #Ecoli #Microbiology #Biology #Biochemistry #Scicomm

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssynbio.2c00527

We use E. coli for a lot of things. Like, a LOT. From agriculture to medicine to many industries you've likely never heard of, E. coli is the star of the genetic engineering world.

But it's a risk. Both for itself and the wider ecosystem.

Now, Harvard Medical School scientists have made E. coli with a "genetic firewall" to prevent viral infection of itself and possible gene transfer elsewhere.

#Ecoli #Medicine #Agriculture #Genetics #Biotech #Biotechnology #Scicomm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05824-z

Improving photosynthesis to then massively increase agricultural development is one of the holy grails of plant biology.

Therefore, understanding the influence of the enzyme Rubisco is key, but difficult due to the massive chloroplast regulatory systems involved.

Now, Australian researchers have inserted working Rubisco copies into E. coli to better analyze how it functions.

#Agriculture #Photosynthesis #Plants #Biotech #Ecoli #Science #Biology #Genetics #Scicomm

https://academic.oup.com/jxb/article-abstract/74/2/664/6794110

Unser 'Forscher Ernst' fragt sich, ob der gute alte Jacques Monod jemals darüber nachdachte, was er mit seinem berühmten Spruch über #Ecoli und Elefanten bei späteren Studenten anrichten könnte …

— Der ganze #Comic in unserem Blog: 👉 https://www.laborjournal.de/blog/?p=12888

#LabComic #Labfun

Die #Wissenschaft ist voll von Fällen nach dem Motto "Gut, dass jemand nochmal genauer nachgeschaut hat". Neues Beispiel: So viele #Ecoli-#Protein­e wie gedacht lassen sich mithilfe von #Chaperone­n gar nicht in ihre aktive Form (zurück-)falten …

— Frisch in unserem Blog: 👉 https://www.laborjournal.de/blog/?p=12859

#Proteinfaltung #Biochemie

A new comparative #ExperimentalEvolution paper with @alanmcn1 lab

Diverse #Ecoli strains adapt to gaining an MDR #plasmid by mutations in metabolic genes

Also shows key roles for IS-element insertions, HNS, and altered plasmid conjugation rate enabling genomic assimilation of a new MDR plasmid

#antimicrobialresistance #AMR

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.00713-22

Lots of different kinds of bacteria can cause bacterial meningitis, the disease that Jeff Beck died of recently (https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/12/health/bacterial-meningitis-explained-wellness/index.html). Many bacteria that are implicated, e. g. #Ecoli (not K-12), #streptococcus and #mycobacteriumtuberculosis, are in biocyc.org.

Physically separating early steps in #ribosome assembly in the #Ecoli nucleoid from the RNA #degradosome attached to the inner cytoplasmic membrane protects precursor #ribosomal RNA in immature particles from degradation @Lydia_LH17 &co #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3Qj1x2O

Physically separating early steps in #ribosome assembly in the #Ecoli nucleoid from the RNA #degradosome attached to the inner cytoplasmic membrane protects precursor #ribosomal RNA in immature particles from degradation @Lydia_LH17 &co #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3Qj1x2O

RT @medicaldialogs
Antibiotic resistance may be overcome by mapping E.coli @PLOSBiology #PLOSBiology #Antibiotic #Antibioticresistance #Ecoli #infections #bacterialinfection #antibioticmedication #microbiology https://medicaldialogues.in/mdtv/medicine/videos/antibiotic-resistance-may-be-overcome-by-mapping-ecoli-104104?utm_campaign=pubshare&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=3246541758&utm_content=auto-link&utm_id=212

Lab evolution of #Ecoli with simultaneous measurements of 8 different #AntimicrobialResistance time-series reveals the phenotype-based fitness landscape, enabling prediction of evolutionary trajectories @jiwasawa &co #AMR #antibiotic #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3FNpz2p