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

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an aggressive bacterium that is found all over the environment, including in water, soil and human waste.

From Washington Post

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

He cut the DNA of a monkey virus into pieces and inserted them into a second virus that infects a common human intestinal bacterium called E. Coli, creating a shared strand of DNA.

From Los Angeles Times