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bacteria

[bak-teer-ee-uh] / bækˈtɪər i ə /
NOUN
microorganisms
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It is a relatively new therapy – not officially recognised by the NHS across the UK – which uses charged gas particles to help kill bacteria on the skin.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Testing environments need to be treated like biocontainment labs, where a virus or bacteria could otherwise escape into the world, Lohn said.

From Barron's Jul. 24, 2026

The authorities are investigating a number of food-related outbreaks, including several involving cyclospora, a bacteria that causes explosive diarrhea.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The bacteria makes it harder for the insects to spread the virus, rather than kill them off.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Thousands of beetles laying eggs, spreading bacteria, and killing trees.”

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Some governments also use Wolbachia, a naturally occurring bacterium found in about half of all insect species, to curb the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

This allowed them to identify traces of several pathogens, including Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for plague, and Borrelia recurrentis, which causes louse borne relapsing fever.

From Science Daily Jul. 8, 2026

The New York company said in a statement that so far its product had not tested positive for the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 14, 2026

Only two decades ago, it was widely doubted by specialists that the Black Death was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, the agent of the bubonic plague.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Following work performed in Germany by others, he discovered that the bacterium came in two strains.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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