is a relatively new strain of the common intestinal bacteria {no one had seen it before 1980} that thrives in feedlot cattle, 40 percent of which carry it in their gut. Ingesting as few as ten of these microbes can cause a fatal infection; they produce a toxin that destroys human kidneys.
( Michael Pollan )
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