A study done by the British Medical Journal website suggests that people who contract gastroenteritis from drinking water contaminated with E. coli are at increased risk of developing high blood pressure, kidney problems, and heart disease later in life. Escherichia coli has become an important model organism for studying many of life's essential processes partly due to its rapid growth rate and simple nutritional requirements.
Researches have well established information about E. coli's genetics and completed many of its genome sequences - presently, it is know more about E. coli than any other living organism.Recently, there has been concern that some strains of E. coli can