bacteria

DENVER (Reuters) - Two people in Colorado have died in the last month in a listeria outbreak following a puzzling surge in cases of gastrointestinal infection caused by the food-borne bacteria, state public health officials said. Alicia Cronquist, a state epidemiologist, said nine people in...

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There were as many harmful bacteria detected on reusable plastic food trays in some Vancouver-area shopping malls as are found on toilet seats, a CBC investigation has found. Swabs taken from trays in food courts at three malls were sent to University of British Columbia microbiologist Bob...

Washington -- Scientists have discovered a form of bacteria that can thrive on arsenic -- an element generally considered toxic -- dramatically expanding both traditional notions of how life is sustained and the range of where it might be found in the universe, NASA funded-researchers said...

'Five second' rule on dropped food unsafe CHICAGO, The "five second" rule that says quickly retrieved dropped food is all right to eat should be a "zero second" rule because of bacteria, food scientists say. Clemson University food scientist Paul Dawson found that salmonella and other dangerous...