E. Coli O157 Research Paper

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E. coli, short for Escherichia coli, normally live within the digestive system of humans and animals. Most variants of this bacteria are mostly benign and are actually essential for digestive health in people and animals. But there is the more infamous and most dangerous strain of E. coli, notorious for poisoning people and causing serious symptoms and even death. It has been labelled as E. coli O157:H7, discovered in 1982. This specific strain produces a toxin with the name Shiga that causes symptoms such as kidney failure, bloody diarrhea, and death. There have been outbreaks of O157:H7 in the US, Canada, Europe, South Africa, and Eastern Asia. These types of E. coli are labelled as pathogenic, meaning they can spread and cause illness outside

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