bacterium

If these enzymes are attached directly to the outside of a bacterium, they could allow the microorganism to digest the surrounding material while remaining in close contact with it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 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

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 plagues, has been identified from time to time in Siberia, linked to exposure to vermin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Most important, very little protein entered the bacterium.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

Flagellin is a protein that forms part of the tail-like structures some bacteria use to move.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Their investigation identified a calcium channel in macrophages, the immune cells that engulf bacteria, that becomes activated by titanium particles.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The mice developed dramatically smaller abscesses, produced fewer inflammatory signaling molecules, and regained the ability to clear bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

For the past two decades, scientists have largely concentrated on the bacteria responsible for these infections.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

They learned that there was nothing so loathsome as a wisp of blanket fluff hiding under a bed, concealing within its form a battalion, a whole division, of bacteria.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan