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bacterium

[bak-teer-ee-uhm] / bækˈtɪər i əm /






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Earlier research in the series focused mainly on Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for plague.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

"It is not just the bacterium itself that seems interesting. It is the bacterium in interaction with the virus it carries," he explains.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

A common gut bacterium found in most healthy individuals.

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

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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