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Re: E.coli



Hi Robert,

See

http://people.ku.edu/~jbrown/ecoli.html

http://www.bact.wisc.edu/Bact330/lectureecoli

http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap15.html

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ecoli.html

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/escherichiacoli_g.htm

http://www.about-ecoli.com/main.html

http://www.about-ecoli.com/page5.htm

These last two sites are maintained by a law firm that does tort work, with
food contamination cases being a specialty.

'Nuff said.

Frank Teuton


----- Original Message -----
From: "Roberto Verzola" <rverzola@GN.APC.ORG>
To: <SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 5:31 AM
Subject: [SANET-MG] E.coli


> Can someone pls explain why E.coli is considered a pathogen?
> Doesn't it exist naturally in our gut? How can it be harmful? Aren't
> they in fact an essential part of our gut ecology?
>
> I know that the presence of E.coli is considered an indication of
> fecal contamination, because the E.coli in our gut also appear in
> human waste. So, a high E.coli count in water means fecal
> contamination. But that doesn't make E.coli itself a pathogen, does
> it?
>
> Roberto Verzola
> Philippines
>

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