Comment by chefandy

I think E. Coli needs a new publicist. Never having gotten into biology and coming from a food prep background, I assumed E. Coli was a single "bug" that caused foodborne illness... But there are apparently over 700 strains, many of them harmless or even beneficial. Some strains are used to make drugs and other things, some strains produce toxins that destroy your kidneys, this one can make stuff that runs in your genes, and others E. Coli strains only make stuff that runs in your jeans. Pretty amazing.