Compound in Apples Inhibits E. coli O157:H7
Friday, December 16, 2011 - 08:31
in Biology & Nature
A compound that is abundant in apples and strawberries inhibits the highly pathogenic E. coli O157:H7 biofilms while sparing a beneficial strain of E. coli that also forms biofilms in the human gut, according to a paper in the December 2011 issue of the journal Infection and Immunology.