E.coli bacteria might be helping you fend off anaemia

Escherichia coli or E. coli have long been known to cause food poisoning or steals nutrients from its host, but a new research has shown that it boost iron absorption in the body.

By: Agencies | | Published: August 24, 2018 4:28 pm

A research team has discovered antibiotics combinations of four-and five-drug that can effectively kill the harmful bacteria © Shutterstock

Researchers have found that Escherichia coli (E. coli) — the most prevalent bacterium in the human and animal gut — plays a critical role in promoting health by boosting iron absorption, challenging the previous held notion that it causes food poisoning or steals nutrients from its host.

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