Dr Kishony's team studied two strains of E. coli, a common gut-bacterium that nevertheless sometimes causes food poisoning and urinary-tract infections.

Kishony博士的小组的研究对象是两个大肠埃希杆菌的菌群，这种细菌使人类肠道内再普通不过的细菌了但有时也能引起人的食物中毒和尿路感染。

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When the urinary tract infection due to bacterial reduction of nitrate and nitrite generation so the test results were positive common in E. coli caused urinary tract infections.

当泌尿系统受到感染时，由于细菌还原硝酸盐生成亚硝酸盐，因此检测结果为阳性，常见于大肠埃希氏菌引起的泌尿系统感染。

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Certain strains of E.coli can cause urinary tract infections, pneumonia and other illnesses.

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