6. In America, irradiation has long been approved for killing the pathogens in meat, and (following the E.coli scare in 2006) for treating spinach and lettuce.
7. The cases have occurred in the suburbs of Kimbanseke, Kikimi, Masina and Ndjili which had already been affected by an important outbreak of E.coli in May 2004.
8. "We observed that E.coli cells were destroyed when they interacted with the graphene oxide," says Fan, providing the first evidence that graphene oxide kills bacteria.
9. The food Standards Agency was set up in 2000 to hold food firms to account after a series of scandals in which people had died from food-borne illnesses such as e.coli and CJD.
10. Tests on shoppers' bags revealed half contained traces of E.coli, a lethal toxin which killed 26 people in Scotland in 1996 in one of the worlds worst food poisoning outbreaks.
11. European Union health officials say the rate of infection from the highly-toxic strain of E.coli which has hit Germany and killed nearly 20 people has fallen in the past two days.
高毒性大肠杆菌袭击德国，造成近20人死亡。欧盟官员称，过去两天，这种大肠杆菌的感染率已经出现下降。
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12. Optimism has been further tempered by one European labouratory which says it can't be sure that, as thought, contaminated vegetables were definitely the source of the E.coli outbreak.
更加让人不乐观的是，欧洲一家实验室表示，他们并不能确定污染了的蔬菜是这次大肠杆菌爆发的源头。
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13. Infections due to enterohaemorrhagic (causing intestinal bleeding) e. coli, e.g. E.coli O157, and listeriosis are important foodborne diseases which have emerged over the last decades.
14. While most E.coli bacteria are harmless, a group called enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) can produce toxins, known as Shiga toxins or verotoxins, which damage blood cells and the kidneys.
15. Using the techniques they developed, researchers discovered that TLR4 proteins cluster in the membrane when confronted with LPS derived from E.coli, which increases cell signalling and response.
16. Using the techniques they developed, researchers discovered that TLR4 proteins cluster in the membrane when confronted with LPS derived from E.coli, which increases cell signalling and response.
