Health News from Medical News Today: DNA Sequencing Data Reveals New Hybrid E. Coli Strain Is Cause Of German Outbreak

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. DNA Sequencing Data Reveals New Hybrid E. Coli Strain Is Cause Of German Outbreak 3 Jun 2011, 8:00 am Life Technologies Corporation announced that preliminary data from DNA sequencing performed in cooperation with the University Hospital Muenster, Germany, on the Ion Personal Genome Machine (PGM™) strongly suggests that the bacterium at the root of the deadly outbreak in Germany is a new hybrid type of pathogenic E. coli strains. The data obtained from the DNA sequencer shows the presence of genes typically found in two different types of E. coli: enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC) and enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.