E. Coli Collision

People often think of E. Coli poisoning as a beef-eater's disease, but the outbreak linked to raw spinach is a tragic reminder that the bacteria often spread through animal droppings into produce growers' water, soil or fertilizer. Microbiologists Andrew Brabban and Betty Kutter want to kill the nasty bug at its source, in the intestines of livestock, using a virus that's a natural enemy of E. coli.