German E. Coli code cracked: Rapid, high-tech study of ongoing epidemic creates new paradigm for outbreak

A team of researchers has unraveled the genomic code of the E. coli bacterium that caused a deadly outbreak in Germany that began in May 2011. The paper describes how researchers worked together to use cutting edge technology to sequence and analyze the genomics of E. coli samples from the outbreak in a matter of days.

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