Researchers have given e.coli bacteria a desired use by genetically modifying them to change sugar into an oil close enough to diesel that can be used in engines. Scaling up this process could be an alternative to fossil fuels.

Buffalo - More than 10 million pounds of snack foods and other products linked to a rare and potentially dangerous outbreak of E. coli poisoning are being held back and recalled by Rich Products Corp. of Buffalo, New York.

Rich Products Corporation is expanding on an earlier recall of some of its products due to risk of E. coli. It is an extensive expansion and includes products produced at a Georgia-based facility.

Rich Products Corp. has announced a voluntary recall of several of its cheese-based products. The reason for the food recall is listed as a potential E. coli contamination.

Researchers have discovered a biological mechanism by which harmful bacteria grow and edge out beneficial bacteria, thereby damaging the gut in inflammatory bowel disease.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed that two people have contracted bacterial food poisoning from frozen beef burgers.

Taylor Farms Retail Inc. has voluntarily recalled several spinach products because of possible Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) contamination.

Brooks - According to documents obtained by CTV News, Canadian meat inspectors were told to "ignore" contamination on carcasses for domestic consumption but to inspect meat bound for Japan extra carefully.

A total of 28 people have been infected with bacteria linked with an organic spinach and spring mix blend. The infections have been reported from five states, with most cases in New York.

Brooks - XL Foods is burying meat tainted with E.coli in a landfill near Brooks, Allberta. The XL plant where the contamination happened is located in Brooks. 1.3 million pounds of beef is being buried supervised by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Brooks - The XL plant in Brooks, Alberta, at the center of the huge beef recall in Canada, was not following some safety procedures properly according to the head of the Canadian Food Inspection agency. Some beef at the plant was contaminated with E. coli.

Edmonton - For the fourth day in a row, the most extensive beef recall in Canadian history has been extended. Beef from an XL Foods plant in Brooks Alberta has been contaminated with E. coli bacteria.

A study says more than 8 million women are at risk of developing difficult to treat, painful, long-lasting bladder infections because they handle and eat chicken carrying E. coli resistant to antibiotic treatment.

Scientists have resurrected a 500-million-year-old bacterial gene and inserted it into modern E. coli bacteria. The new chimera bacteria have grown for more than 1,000 generations and have given scientists opportunity to observe a replay of evolution.

U.S. officials are conducting an investigation to determine what has caused an outbreak of E.Coli over the past two months. Since Apr. 15, over a dozen individuals in six states have been sickened by E.Coli bacteria, with one death.

A Massachusetts town is in shock after a 6 year old boy, with an infectious smile, died suddenly of E. coli poisoning after eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Canadians, before you take a bite of that juicy hamburger, beware. The CFIA is warning that over 135 frozen beef products may be contaminated with a deadly strain of E. coli.

A ground beef recall has been issued by Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. The company, based in Nebraska, is recalling approximately 40,948 pounds of ground beef products due to a possibility of E.coli O157:H7 contamination.

Now researchers have found E.coli on cell phones – the bacteria found in feces. The bacteria can lead to an upset stomach just from the thought of putting intestinal bacteria next to your ear.

A Los Angeles-based meat company, known as Commercial Meat Co., is recalling nearly 377,775 pounds worth of ground beef over fears of a possible E. coli contamination.