E. coli’s Rapid Spread: A Gut Bacterium That Rivals Swine Flu’s Contagion
Breaking the Speed Barrier on Bacterial Transmission (Image Credits: Pixabay) Imagine poring over genomic sequences late into the night, only to uncover a pattern that flips everything you thought you knew about everyday bacteria. Breaking the Speed Barrier on Bacterial Transmission Picture this: a common gut dweller, E. coli, zipping through populations at rates that echo the 2009 swine flu outbreak. Researchers just dropped a bombshell study showing one strain of this bacterium spreads person-to-person as swiftly as that infamous virus did. It’s the first time anyone’s crunched the numbers this way, and the results are eye-opening. By diving into … Read more









