bacteria
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When bacteria spread into the tissues surrounding the tooth root, the immune system reacts.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
Small amounts of salt in food can help preserve it by preventing bacteria from growing.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
The high-tech “hotel” was designed to treat patients infected with highly lethal viruses or bacteria without transmitting them.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The longstanding problem has worsened in recent years, and Coronado’s Central Beach was closed to bathers on 129 days in 2025 because of unsafe bacteria levels.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
But when he mixed the dead material from the virulent strain with live bacteria of the nonvirulent strain, the mice died rapidly.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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