bacteria
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Birds that spent more time together had more similar gut bacteria, especially anaerobic microbes that can only survive in low-oxygen conditions.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
These conditions can facilitate the spread of viruses, bacteria and parasites.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
In this process, harmful bacteria such as Porphyromonas gingivalis often regain dominance quickly because they thrive in inflamed gum tissue.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
The Los Angeles County Public Health Department is warning beachgoers to avoid all contact with the water due to the potential of bacteria from street runoff from recent rains.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
Then, in the late 1890s, two Germans, Friedrich Löffler and Paul Frosch, discovered other disease-causing organisms even tinier than bacteria, called viruses.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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