E. Coli Strain Responsible For Food Poisoning Gets Its Genome Sequenced

Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 09:40 in Biology & Nature

A strain of E. coli that is a common cause of outbreaks of food poisoning in the United States has had its genome sequenced. E. coli strain EDL933 was first isolated in the 1980s but gained national attention in 1993 when it was linked to an outbreak of food poisoning from Jack-in-the-Box restaurants in the western United States. read more

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