Light shed on heat resistant bacteria
Discovering genetic fingerprints of heat-beating micro-organisms could bring us closer to understanding why some foods spoil and how bacteria manage to survive heat treatments.
Archives for September 7, 2003
Million dollar loan for cocoa
The Ghana Cocoa Board (GCB) has secured a US$650 million loan to purchase cocoa for the 2003/2004 cocoa season. The facility, the highest in the history of the Board and repayable within a year, was arranged by four leading banks - Barclays Bank PLC,...
Genes hold answer to food poisoning?
In our first news of the day from the Society for General Microbiology's meeting in the UK this week, scientists from the Institute for Animal Health announced progress towards controlling the deadly E. coli bacterium that causes food poisoning and...