bacterium

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These three compounds come from a blood-dwelling bacterium and were shown to reduce both cellular damage and inflammation in laboratory-grown human skin cells.

From Science Daily

Inside the gut of a caterpillar lives a worm, and inside the worm lurks a bioluminescent bacterium named Photorhabdus asymbiotica, which makes the caterpillar glow in the dark.

From Scientific American

Pablo Neruda’s teeth showed signs of Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium that produces a neurotoxin that paralyzes muscles and the nervous system and can eventually lead to death.

From Science Magazine

The process kills “all the spoilers except the botulism bacterium,” she continues, but botulism “cannot thrive in a pH environment of 4.5 or less.”

From Washington Post

But is the culprit a bacterium, which can be attacked with antibiotics, or a virus, which is harder to target with medication?

From Scientific American