bacterium

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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

One bacterium in particular, Morganella morganii, has been linked in several studies to major depressive disorder.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

The key difference turned out to be a virus living inside the bacterium.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

How could heat-killed bacterial debris—no more than a lukewarm soup of microbial chemicals—have transmitted a genetic trait to a live bacterium by mere contact?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee