Most urinary tract infections (UTIs) are caused by the E. coli bacteria, which are treated with antibiotics. But some strains may be resistant to common antibiotic types. For the most part ...

However, direct microscopic analysis revealed ciliated protozoa identified as Balantidium coli. B. coli is the only known pathogenic ciliate, and is usually associated with intestinal infection in ...

The bacterium is a type of E. coli infection, present in up to one in five people, scientists believe. It releases a toxin which experts say can damage the cells that line the bowel, potentially ...

Coli in Riverside County. On Wednesday, a water sample “detected E. coli at a water source before disinfection, not in the distribution system,” district officials said. “The water source ...

The clinical spectrum of intestinal E. histolytica infection ranges from an asymptomatic carrier state to severe invasive disease. Asymptomatic cyst carriage occurs with E. histolytica as well as ...

The genes lacZ, lacY and lacA are transcribed from a single promoter (P) that produces a single mRNA from which the three proteins are translated. The operon is regulated by Lac repressor, the ...

Egypt’s Health and Population Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar revealed the cause of the mystery outbreak recently reported in Aswan governorate as the E.coli bacteria. He explained that the results of ...

How do bacteria, lacking a nucleus, organize and pack their genome into the cell? Supercoiling enables this but forces a different kind of transcription and translation in prokaryotes. Aa Aa Aa ...

Some 113 people have become ill with E. coli in recent weeks and experts believe it is most likely linked to a nationally distributed food item. The UK Health Security Agency says testing of ...