Probiotic bacteria evolve inside mice’s GI tracts

Probiotics – which are living bacteria taken to promote digestive health – can evolve once inside the body and have the potential to become less effective and sometimes even harmful, according to a new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Researchers studying a strain of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria sold in Europe as an anti-diarrheal […]

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