bacteria

"The sediment is home to 'gourmet' bacteria that apparently prefer fresh carbon stemming from, for example, more recent algal remains over the 'old' carbon from permafrost deposits," explains Gesine Mollenhauer.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

The Environment Agency, the regulator which monitors water quality at bathing waters, rates bathing waters from "excellent" to "poor" based on bacteria found in water samples collected over a rolling four-year period.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

Researchers also say there is a lot unknown about cyclospora, which behaves differently and is more difficult to track than other foodborne bacteria like E. Coli or salmonella.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

When rain falls on parking lots, water runs off carrying metal dust and chemicals from vehicle tires and brake pads, oil and grease from engines and bacteria from trash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

If any fish had managed to survive the eruption, they didn’t last long— bacteria began to grow rampantly in the hours after the lake was changed forever.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

Some governments also use Wolbachia, a naturally occurring bacterium found in about half of all insect species, to curb the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

The New York company said in a statement that so far its product had not tested positive for the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026

Zucchello’s business relied on trade routes spanning from the Black Sea to Crete to Alexandria—the very networks that would spread the plague bacterium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

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

This bacterium actually kills by poisoning rather than by disease.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson