bacterium

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These three compounds come from a blood-dwelling bacterium and were shown to reduce both cellular damage and inflammation in laboratory-grown human skin cells.

From Science Daily

Inside the gut of a caterpillar lives a worm, and inside the worm lurks a bioluminescent bacterium named Photorhabdus asymbiotica, which makes the caterpillar glow in the dark.

From Scientific American

Pablo Neruda’s teeth showed signs of Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that produces a neurotoxin that paralyzes muscles and the nervous system and can eventually lead to death.

From Science Magazine

A considerably more serious rat event took place in 1907, when three Seattle residents died after contracting the bubonic plague, which typically happened after being bitten by a rodent flea carrying the plague bacterium.

From Seattle Times

The company, Dalan Animal Health, which is based in Athens, Ga., developed a prophylactic vaccine that protects honeybees from American foulbrood, an aggressive bacterium that can spread quickly from hive to hive.

From New York Times