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Multiple studies have reviewed whether antibiotic use in cattle production causes an increased risk to consumers by developing antibiotic-resistant foodborne or other pathogens, and none have found a connection (Journal of Food Protection, July 2004; Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 2003).
Berlin - Germany's deadly E coli strain is found mainly in humans rather than animals, the Taggesspiegel newspaper reported on Tuesday citing scientific research.
The bacteria, responsible for 23 deaths and over 2 000 contaminations, does not belong to typical strains of enterohaemorrhagic E coli (EHEC), but rather to an enteroaggregative E coli, known as EAEC, characterised by heavy diarrhoea.
EAEC strains are not found in the digestive track of cattle, but rather in that of humans, according to Lothar Beutin, an expert at Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment.
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The other thing that I specifically found here is that I identified several genes that are in this current outbreak, and these are genes that are not found in any previously studied E. coli strain. But these new gene sequences that you've identified, do you know what they do?
For some of them, yes, or at least we can make a good guess. So most of them look as though they are derived from a bacteriophage. This is a virus that infects the bacteria, or like a parasite on a parasite. They may be of some significance. There is also a gene in there that looks like it might be involved in breaking down or overcoming antibiotic. So it has antibiotic resistance?
Yes, there are several genes in there that look like antibiotic resistant genes. And one of them looks pretty unique, not previously seen in E. coli. It's specifically called a microswin esterase, if you care to know what it's called.
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Originally posted by boondock-saint
it is my belief that Germany was targeted
because they refused to assist NATO with
the ME take-overs and cuz they shut down
their Nuke plants. They are apparently
trying to back peddle away from the
NWO and thusly have become
a target. Just an opinion
Originally posted by Noinden
reply to post by Mdv2
That article really shows no proof (forensic or not) that this was engineered. I'm currently training as a Bioinformatician (I also hold higher degrees in Chemistry), and to be honest playing around with the genomic data, shows nothing "unusual". Now sure I'm "training" not "working as" but I doubt the folks in Natural news actually played with any of the data, it seems a whole lot of inference vs evidence. Cool, whatever, but forensics requires a little more than "It looks like", well in most courts of law, depending on the judge.
Originally posted by UcDat
Originally posted by Noinden
reply to post by Mdv2
That article really shows no proof (forensic or not) that this was engineered. I'm currently training as a Bioinformatician (I also hold higher degrees in Chemistry), and to be honest playing around with the genomic data, shows nothing "unusual". Now sure I'm "training" not "working as" but I doubt the folks in Natural news actually played with any of the data, it seems a whole lot of inference vs evidence. Cool, whatever, but forensics requires a little more than "It looks like", well in most courts of law, depending on the judge.
ya its been engineered imo have a look at this thread too
www.abovetopsecret.com...edit on 9-6-2011 by UcDat because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Firefly_
I wouldn't pay too much attention to what is on that site.