bacterium

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

The bacterium that causes the plague, Yersinia pestis, found among rodents such as marmots in the area.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The bacterium Yersinia pestis, which can cause pneumonic and bubonic plague, has been identified from time to time in Siberia, linked to exposure to vermin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Studies of modern plague systems have shown that changes in climate can strongly affect outbreaks among wild rodents, which act as natural hosts for the bacterium.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

In the early 1920s, Griffith, a medical officer at the British Ministry of Health, began to investigate a bacterium named Streptococcus pneumoniae or pneumococcus.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

One project uses the microscope to observe interactions among plant cells, fungi, and bacteria as they happen.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

The discovery suggests that bacteria may be adapting to digest certain plastic materials more quickly than researchers previously believed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Then about 1.25 billion years ago, one of these photosynthesizing bacteria partnered with another one-celled organism to create green algae, one lineage of which became the ancestor of all plants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Pac-Man enzyme illustrates how bacteria can exploit these molecular weak points, offering new insight into the relationship between plastic pollution, microbial adaptation, and the future of biodegradable materials.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Earth had been saved by bacteria, but Concrete’s residents didn’t hear the good news.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow