Title: Discussion Forum Description - Week 8: Who's Got Sprouts?
Course: Lab Applications of Microbiology > Section: Course Content

Keeping our sources of food and water safe is no easy task!

Take a look at this report from the CDC about a recent E. Coli outbreak that turned out to be related to Alfalfa Sprouts:  Multistate Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 Infections Linked to Alfalfa Sprouts

If you were investigating this outbreak, and learned from interviews that everyone had eaten the same kind of alfalfa sprouts, what kind of experiment might you choose to do on the alfalfa sprouts to determine if they have E. Coli present on them? Explain your approach.