bacteria

Gut bacteria have already been connected with numerous aspects of health, including metabolic, neurodegenerative, and cardiovascular diseases.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

New Northwestern Medicine research published in Nature Communications suggests that a substance produced when gut bacteria digest dietary fiber may leave a durable molecular mark on cells lining the intestine.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

As scientists link oral bacteria to heart disease and cognitive decline, a push is under way to treat the mouth as a source of body-wide inflammation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

But it is unsafe to eat raw poultry because of the food poisoning risk from harmful bacteria.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

They didn't realize that airborne viruses and bacteria led to pneumonia, measles, and smallpox among soldiers living in crowded conditions.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Among the older participants, those with detectable levels of R inulinivorans had 29% greater handgrip strength than those in whom the bacterium could not be detected.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

In a study published in Science Advances, the team used BifidoSumIL-2, an engineered strain of Bifidobacterium longum, a probiotic bacterium naturally found in the gut, to carry an immune-stimulating treatment directly into tumors.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

And in April, Rickettsia, a rare but deadly tick-borne bacterium, was found in a person living in Sonoma County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

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

Reed favored the idea that a bacterium, first identified by Italian scientists and usually found in swamps, was the culprit.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy