We have gone further than ever before in creating life that is unlike anything that has evolved naturally. The genome of an Escherichia coli bacterium has been redesigned on a computer to use just 57 ...

An illustration of E. coli. Scientists have been racing to shrink the genetic code of this bacterium. Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library via Getty Images The DNA of nearly all life on Earth is made ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do. By Carl Zimmer At the heart of all life is a code.

The first large-scale genetic study of E. coli's protective armor has identified the five capsule types that are responsible ...

Scientists have described the main lessons learned from the use of whole genome sequencing (WGS) of E. coli in France. WGS is routine for surveillance of Shiga toxin–producing E. coli (STEC) human ...