bacteria

It is understood the latest problem at the maternity hospital has been caused by chemical flushing aimed at dealing with the original issue of bacteria in the water system.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The thousands of valves being replaced showed "accelerated deterioration due to the existing chemical dosage regime" being used to flush out any bacteria, it said.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Instead, the scientists want to understand how different foods influence the gut microbiome, the enormous community of trillions of bacteria that inhabit the digestive system.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

The discovery suggests that the success of cancer treatment may depend not only on which bacteria live in the gut, but also on the foods that help those bacteria thrive.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

James Garfield had been attacked first by Guiteau and then by bacteria.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

Because they are all “kissing cousins,” as Livieri puts it, they fail to express a protein that helps fight the bacterium behind the medieval Black Death.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

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

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 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

All of us carry the bacterium in our bodies, probably since birth or immediately thereafter.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell