Viruses Can Turn Harmless E. Coli Dangerous
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 10:14
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have studied how viral DNA can be transmitted from pathogenic to non-pathogenic E. coli. Viruses that infect bacteria in this way are called bacteriophages. New findings reveal that such transmission of bateriophage between bacteria can occur, and that in the case of E. coli it can transform a harmless bacterium into one capable of causing disease in man.