F ood-borne E. coli and salmonella bacteria cause thousands of infec- tions annually, leading to human and animal deaths and to significant eco- nomic losses. The deadliest E. coli out- break in recorded history, centered in Germany last summer, caused at least 50 deaths and more than 4,000 reported cases of poisoning in more than a dozen countries, with economic damages in the hundreds of millions of Euros. Such outcomes could be avoided

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