Bile sends mixed signals to Escherichia coli
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 05:49
in Biology & Nature
Bile secretions in the small intestine send signals to disease-causing gut bacteria allowing them to change their behaviour to maximise their chances of surviving, says Dr Steve Hamner, presenting his work at the Society for General Microbiology's spring meeting in Edinburgh today. The findings could allow us to better protect food from contamination by these harmful bacteria, as well as understand how they manage to cause disease...