bacterium
Example Sentences
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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
To resolve this contradiction, the team investigated whether there might be important differences within the bacterium itself.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 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
One lowly bacterium possesses a flagellum—a tiny tail or rotor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Jahrling guessed that the flask had been wiped out by a common soil bacterium called pseudomonas.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Vocabulary lists containing bacterium
