When people hear about E.Coli poisoning, many automatically think of it as caused from eating beef. The outbreak traced back to raw spinach is a reminder that the dreadful bacteria can spread through the droppings of animals to the produce growers’ soil, fertilizer, and water. The Microbiologists, Andrew Brabban and Betty Kutter’s goal is to destroy the disgusting bug in the intestines of the livestock; the prime source of the problem. They plan on doing this by using a virus that is a natural enemy of E.Coli. While students were studying E.Coli in sheep at the USDA Food and Feed safety research Unit, researchers at Washington’s Evergreen State College discovered the enemy virus. “Everytime they tried to infect the sheep with E.Coli, the sheep seemed to be within two days perfectly happy and they couldn’t find the bacteria,” says Brabban. “They had some natural resistance.” This is an interesting discovery.

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