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
Researchers say the findings indicate the bacterium may help remove nanoplastics from the body by binding to the particles in the intestine and promoting their excretion.
From Science Daily • May 18, 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
"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
Grown on either sugar alone, the bacterium begins to divide rapidly, doubling in number every twenty minutes or so.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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