bacterium

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The researchers discovered higher levels of Streptococcus mutans -- a common oral bacterium known for causing dental caries -- in the gut microbiomes of people with Parkinson's.

From Science Daily

This gene was linked to higher levels of Paraprevotella, a bacterium believed to feed on these sugars.

From Science Daily

By contrast, it takes ingesting thousands of salmonella particles to get sick from that bacterium.

From Los Angeles Times

In response, Italian city states began bringing in grain from the Black Sea region, and those shipments may have carried the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis.

From Science Daily

The disease was caused by a bacterium known as Yersinia pestis spread by wild rodents, such as rats, and fleas.

From BBC