Comments on: Microcosm Week: There's Evolution In My Cookie Dough

By: Science Writer Carl Zimmer Speculates About "Cow to Cookie" Mystery | E. coli Blog

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:31:34 +0000

[...] his Discovery Magazine blog, Zimmer makes this prediction: “There’s no official word for how the bacteria got from a [...]

By: Frances Whooley

Frances Whooley — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:20:42 +0000

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By: Space Science Fair Projects

Space Science Fair Projects — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:36:38 +0000

Studying the smallest life forms is a great way to learn more about the bigger picture. Students, think about developing microbioloy science fair projects this year.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:38:46 +0000

I’m of the opinion that eating dough and batter should be outlawed regardless of potential contaminants. People should have to put a little effort into getting fat.

By: Microcosm Week: How E. coli Sees The Future | The Loom | Discover Magazine

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:30:27 +0000

[...] your mouth. (Fortunately, the vast majority of these bacteria are totally harmless. Just remember, don’t eat raw cookie dough!) For the E. coli that’s just arrived in your mouth, the world begins to change. It [...]

By: Julie Simon Lakehomer

Julie Simon Lakehomer — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:45:11 +0000

Bacteria really show the immediacy of evolution, and this is a great example, because it’s not about antibiotics as the selection force. Instead, the spinach E.coli happened to acquire characteristics that happened to give them an advantage on spinach (of all things). What about the peanut butter bugs? They seem to have arrived on peanuts because of hideous hygiene in the peanut supplier’s digs, but I wonder if they were unusual like the spinach bugs. Otherwise, what’s the connection, or is there one, between the hygiene and getting sick from peanut butter?

By: NewEnglandBob

NewEnglandBob — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:26:23 +0000

Quite scary.

By: Christina Viering

Christina Viering — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:54:48 +0000

I am interested in the story about the e coli in cookie dough.