Research published in PNAS examines how the bacteria Escherichia coli, or E. coli - responsible for most UTIs - is able to use host nutrients to reproduce at an extraordinarily rapid pace during ...

Calvin M. Kunin, Tong Hua Hua, Laura Van Arsdale White, Merna Villarejo, Growth of Escherichia coli in Human Urine: Role of Salt Tolerance and Accumulation of Glycine Betaine, The Journal of ...

It is hypothesized that the weightless environment experienced during space flight has a stimulating effect on the growth rate of microorganisms. This theory was tested with the bacterium Escherichia ...

A microbiologist points out an isolated E. coli growth on an agar plate from a patient specimen at the Washington State Dept. of Health on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Shoreline, Wash.

A microbiologist points out an isolated E. coli growth from a patient specimen at the Washington State Dept. of Health, in Shoreline, Wash., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Elaine ...

A microbiologist points out an isolated E. coli growth on an agar plate from a patient specimen at the Washington State Dept. of Health on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Shoreline, Wash. A Calgary-based ...