Garden Microbe Foils E. Coli O157:H7 In Laboratory Tests
Monday, July 28, 2008 - 23:21
in Biology & Nature
A microbe that may be living peaceably on the beans and cucumbers in backyard gardens might someday be recruited to foil foodborne pathogens. Geneticists looked at the pathogen-fighting abilities of the farm- and garden-friendly microbe, Enterobacter asburiae, in studies begun in 2002.