bacterium

In a study published in Science Advances, the team used BifidoSumIL-2, an engineered strain of Bifidobacterium longum, a probiotic bacterium naturally found in the gut, to carry an immune-stimulating treatment directly into tumors.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

It is more unusual to see an outbreak like this linked to one specific stain of the bacterium affecting many people at one time.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Just this month, tularemia, also known as rabbit fever and caused by a bacterium in ticks and deer flies, was detected in people living on Long Island.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 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

At least for a while, though, as long as the patient is still alive, the cholera bacterium profits from being massively broadcast into the water supplies of its next victims.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

As scientists link oral bacteria to heart disease and cognitive decline, a push is under way to treat the mouth as a source of body-wide inflammation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

But it is unsafe to eat raw poultry because of the food poisoning risk from harmful bacteria.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

When the bacteria are injected systemically, they are cleared from healthy tissues with abundant oxygen.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

Genetic testing of the bacteria suggests there are similarities with a previous outbreak involving imported eggs.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Avery fiddled with the experiment as only a microbiologist could, growing the bacteria in various cultures, adding beef-heart broth, removing contaminant sugars, and growing the colonies on plates.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee