bacterium

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Flea-borne typhus is caused by the bacterium Rickettsia typhi.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

So a lot of the focus is on changes to the bacterium and whether people have less immunity.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

An initial genetic analysis of the bacterium causing the outbreak was concluded on Thursday.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

These techniques allowed the scientists to determine how the MraZ transcription factor attaches to the promoter of the dcw operon in the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Bruno Latour maintained that the fact that the bacterium that causes tuberculosis has been discovered in the lungs of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh, Ramses II, did not mean that Ramses died of tuberculosis.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton