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Observation of Antibotic Resistance and Conjugation in E Coli Strains

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  The Observation of Antibiotic Resistance and Conjugation in Escherichia coli Strains
  
  
  
  Evelyn Wilkes
  
  
  
  
  November 13, 2003
  
  
  
  
  Bisc 336
  
  
  
  Section 10
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Introduction
  
  The conjugation of Escherichia coli, also known as E.coli, was the bacteria that was the main
  
  focus of the lab. Although E. coli is a common intestinal bacterium, it can cause infections in the
  
  urinary system and produce toxins that is fatal causing kidney failure. E. coli can also cause a
  
  diarrheal disease. "Interest in the role of E. coli as a cause of diarrheal disease has increased
  
  because of the emergence of E. coli o157:h7 and other enterohaemorrhagic E. Coli, due to the
  
  severity of the related disease" (Hunter 2003)...