bacterium

Although the presence of this bacterium does not automatically mean someone will develop cancer, certain strains produce a powerful toxin capable of disrupting the colon's protective lining, causing inflammation, and encouraging tumor growth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

When a phage infects the bacterium, it disrupts this protective arrangement, allowing the toxin to act.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

The bacterium that causes it still exists in parts of Africa and Asia, including Siberia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Plague is a disease caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium, the same pathogen that killed millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

His cilia are not cilia at all, but individual spirochetes, and at the base of attachment of each spirochete is an oval organelle, embedded in the myxotricha membrane, which is a bacterium.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

When this protein is broken apart, the barrier becomes compromised, potentially allowing harmful substances and bacteria to interfere with the surrounding tissue.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Over time, bacteria have evolved a variety of defenses to prevent these viruses from spreading.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Despite their unusual behavior, experiments showed that bacteria carrying type VI retrons could still defend themselves against phage infections.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

This is particularly important because acids produced by oral bacteria can gradually erode tooth enamel, increasing the risk of cavities.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

But Civil War doctors didn't know that infection-causing bacteria even existed.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow