Stop all the E. Coli hate!

[Lethe]

E. Coli is all around us, on every surface in your home probably. It's on your keyboard, your glasses, your doorknobs, your countertop.
It's in our digestive tract, and it helps us digest our food. They use e coli for all kinds of recombinant DNA procedures, including the production of insulin for diabetics.

Don't let the actions of a small rogue group influence your opinion of the vast majority of e. coli.



This message brought to you by HABB, Humans Against Bacteria Bigotry

[Kajsa]

1. Hear, Hear!

If it wasn't for "good bacteria"
we would all be in big trouble.!!

So,why are these lil dudes OK living in our intestines,
but if we ingest them, we will die?

Did I get that right?

[Lethe]

5. not an expert here, but i believe the harmful ones are different strain

at least thats what everybody says.

[gkdmaths]

9. There's somewhere around

2,000+ variants of Escherichia coli, there are only a couple that cause the hemolytic cell distruction like the 0157:H7 goo.

You get E. coli on you every time you flush the toilet - your toothbrush, towel, clothes, etc - no big deal.

Just cook your food well, no ceviche tonight!

[XemaSab]

11. I've heard lately

that there are FAR more bacteria on a desk, a phone, or on money than there are on toilet seats.

I'm calling for a stop to all the toilet seat bigotry! :P

[gkdmaths]

14. Right there with you!

Toilet seats are some of my best friends!

howdy! :hi:

Edit to add that in college I once swabbed and streaked out a plate from between my lab partners toes. The product was a combination of pseudomonas and some other black fuzzy mold.

yeah, toilet seats are okay with me!

[Briarius]

2. it's the only culture some people have!

:D



yea, I've been waiting to use that all day...:evilgrin:

[Lethe]

3. hah! good one

i'm definitely gonna have to use that one in bio lab, lol

[Kajsa]

8. LOL !

Good one.

:thumbsup:

[Katina]

4. Damn,

and I was hoping to use the spinach in lieu of laxitives to lose some wait. Guess I picked a bad day to start the e-coli diet.

(with appologies to anyone who has actually gotten sick from e-coli)

[bridgit]

6. yeah, plus it can be easily substituted on a recognition basis...

in the Ricola cough drop jiggle http://www.ricolausa.com :thumbsup:

[Lethe]

7. what is that?

the cough drop jiggle?

[bridgit]

10. jingle, jingle for crying out loud = click the link...

it's a very short 'jingle' already sheesh :rofl:

[XemaSab]

12. EEEEEEEEEE COLIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!

[bridgit]

13. preee-cisely...

:rofl: :thumbsup:

[Lethe]

15. lol! oh i get it now

:dunce:

but you mean there isnt any cough drop jiggle? i'm dissapointed.

:( :evilgrin:

[bridgit]

16. i know huh...

:cry:

[gizmo1979]

17. Figures you would side with

the terrourists.We got to smoke them out and once they got the runs we get em.Heh heh heh.