bacteria
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In patients who later developed colorectal cancer, Bacteroides fragilis was much more likely to carry a specific bacteriophage, a virus that infects bacteria.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
Scientists believe the dirt also provides bacteria and minerals absent from junk food - which is completely unlike the monkeys' typical diet of herbs, leaves, seeds and the occasional insect.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
There, they feed on a "nutritious soup" of bacteria.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
These kinds of changes are typically seen when genes responsible for maintaining cell shape are disrupted in other bacteria.
From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026
Next to Ivy, June shifted, and Ivy wondered if she was thinking that her mom would probably freak out about the whole bacteria thing.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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