{"id":13315,"date":"2025-08-17T17:11:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T11:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13315"},"modified":"2025-08-18T21:52:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:22:03","slug":"escherichia-coli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/escherichia-coli\/","title":{"rendered":"Escherichia coli"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Escherichia coli Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers have shown in a new study that genetically engineered Escherichia coli bacteria can be turned into self-powered chemical sensors that interface directly with electronics.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Escherichia coli<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>commonly known as E. coli,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a <\/span><b>type of bacteria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that can be found in the intestines of humans and animals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a rod-shaped bacterium of the <\/span><b>Enterobacteriaceae family.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While most strains of E. coli are harmless and even beneficial, some strains can cause illness and infections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some kinds of E. coli can cause diarrhea, while others cause urinary tract infections, respiratory illness and pneumonia, and other illnesses.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Transmission:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It can be <\/span><b>transmitted to humans through contaminated food<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, water, or contact with fecal matter from infected individuals or animals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>How does E. coli make you sick?<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most familiar strains of E. coli that make you sick do so by <\/span><b>producing a toxin called Shiga.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This toxin damages the lining of your small <\/span><b>intestine and causes diarrhea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These strains of E. coli are also <\/span><b>called Shiga toxin-producing E. coli<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (STEC).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Symptoms: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common symptoms of E.coli infection include fever, persistent diarrhoea, bloody diarrhoea, and vomiting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Treatment:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Most E. coli infections are self-limiting and resolve on their own without treatment. However, it\u2019s essential to stay hydrated during the course of the illness.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/scientists-turn-e-coli-bacteria-into-a-mercury-sensor\/article69927260.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escherichia coli  is commonly known as E. coli, is a type of bacteria that can be found in the intestines of humans and animals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":59911,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2228,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-13315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-escherichia-coli","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}