bacterium

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One bacterium in particular, Morganella morganii, has been linked in several studies to major depressive disorder.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

However, this connection has been difficult to explain because the same bacterium is also found in most healthy individuals.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Now, researchers from the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital have identified a previously unknown virus inside a common gut bacterium.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

This approach revealed traces of ancient pathogens, including the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis and the organism responsible for louse-borne relapsing fever, Borrelia recurrentis.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Grown on either sugar alone, the bacterium begins to divide rapidly, doubling in number every twenty minutes or so.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee