Viruses can turn harmless E. coli dangerous
Date: 29.4.2009
For her doctorate, Camilla Sekse studied how **viral DNA** can be transmitted from pathogenic to non-pathogenic *E. coli*. Viruses that infect bacteria in this way are called **bacteriophages**. Her findings reveal that such **transmission** of bacteriophage between bacteria can occur, and that in the case of *E. coli* it can transform a harmless bacterium into one capable of causing disease in man.
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