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| - | <p class="noIndent">We are building a | + | <p class="noIndent">We are building a nucleotide biosensor that specifically detects a gene called <i>stx2</i> that is common among all EHEC organisms. Therefore our device will be useful for the detection of not only the O157:H7 strain of <i>E.coli</i> but for the other EHC strains as well. </p> |
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Revision as of 17:13, 27 September 2013
Our Sensor
Our Sensor
The goal of our project is to design a biosensor to rapidly identify cattle known as super shedders. Super shedders are cows that excrete extremely high counts of E.coliO157:H7, a bacterial strain of a group of E.coli referred to as Enterohaemorrhagic E.coli (EHEC). EHEC organisms produce a toxin called Shigatoxin or verotoxin, which causes hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) in humans and can be deadly.
We are building a nucleotide biosensor that specifically detects a gene called stx2 that is common among all EHEC organisms. Therefore our device will be useful for the detection of not only the O157:H7 strain of E.coli but for the other EHC strains as well.
