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bacteria

noun as in microorganisms

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As well as soothing your mind, nature can also help boost your microbiome as soil and plants are full of good bacteria.

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As soon as you’re born you have trillions of bacteria on your body that you make an immune response to, notes Offit.

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As part of this complex system, T-cells have receptors that help the body detect viruses, bacteria or other threats, but some can also attach to and alert against our own tissues, causing damage.

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The claimants allege pollution has been caused by run-off from farmland containing high concentrations of phosphorus, nitrogen and bacteria from the spreading of poultry manure and sewage bio solids used as fertiliser.

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But, at the moment, the MenB vaccine – the only protection against type B meningococcal bacteria, which makes up 90% of the meningitis cases in the UK – was only available to children.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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