bacterium

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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

Their findings offer a clearer explanation of how this bacterium may influence depression.

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

To resolve this contradiction, the team investigated whether there might be important differences within the bacterium itself.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 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