Research -Finds Salmonella Food Poisoning Could Damage DNA

Food Poisoning Bulletin

Research at Cornell University has found that Salmonella food poisoning caused by some serotypes of the pathogenic bacteria could permanently damage your DNA. The study is published in the journal mBio by the American Society for Microbiology as “The Cytolethal Distending Toxin Produced by Nontyphoidal Salmonella Serotypes Javiana, Montevideo, Oranienburg, and Mississippi Induces DNA Damage in a Manner Similar to That of Serotype Typhi.” Dr. Rachel Miller, author of the study, said, “not all Salmonella serotypes are equal.”