bacteria

Normally, the gut barrier allows nutrients to pass into the body while helping prevent harmful bacteria from escaping the intestines.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

Abbott Laboratories has agreed to pay $385 million to settle allegations related to its management of a baby formula facility where deadly bacteria was suspected of causing infant deaths, the Justice Department said Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Anthrax is caused by a bacteria called Bacillus anthracis, which largely survives as spores that hide away in soil for years before entering an animal through inhalation or a cut or wound.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

The amount Abbott Laboratories agreed to pay to settle allegations related to its management of a baby formula facility where deadly bacteria was suspected of causing two infant deaths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Oxygen and nutrients can cross the blood-brain barrier, but many dangerous substances like bacteria cannot.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

The team found DNA from Yersinia pestis - the bacterium that causes plague - in 18 of the 46 people tested.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

For these components, the researchers used Pantoea agglomerans, a bacterium that commonly grows on surfaces, including plants.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

It is more unusual to see an outbreak like this linked to one specific stain of the bacterium affecting many people at one time.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Just this month, tularemia, also known as rabbit fever and caused by a bacterium in ticks and deer flies, was detected in people living on Long Island.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 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