bacteria
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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
The targets included SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, as well as other widespread viruses and bacteria and targets associated with autoimmune diseases.
From Science Daily ● 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
Genetic testing of the bacteria suggests there are similarities with a previous outbreak involving imported eggs.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
The Earth’s bacteria had infected the extraterrestrial invaders, who lacked immunity to them.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
It is more unusual to see an outbreak like this linked to one specific stain of the bacterium affecting many people at one time.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Just this month, tularemia, also known as rabbit fever and caused by a bacterium in ticks and deer flies, was detected in people living on Long Island.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
This allowed them to identify traces of several pathogens, including Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for plague, and Borrelia recurrentis, which causes louse borne relapsing fever.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 8, 2026
The team detected DNA from Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for plague, in 18 of 46 individuals studied.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
Most important, very little protein entered the bacterium.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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