bacterium
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Scientists in South Korea say a probiotic bacterium found in kimchi may help the body get rid of nanoplastics by binding to the particles inside the intestine and helping remove them through waste.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
A research team led by Drs. Se Hee Lee and Tae Woong Whon at WiKim focused on a kimchi-derived bacterium called Leuconostoc mesenteroides CBA3656.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
A common gut bacterium 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
How might a bacterium even “know,” or sense, that the sugar source had been switched?
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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