bacterium

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Infant botulism happens when swallowed spores from the bacterium infect a baby’s large intestine and make a toxin in it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

We are also learning more about the evolutionary history of this devastating bacterium, which has haunted human societies since the Stone Age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Scientists in South Korea say a probiotic bacterium found in kimchi may help the body get rid of nanoplastics by binding to the particles inside the intestine and helping remove them through waste.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

This approach revealed traces of ancient pathogens, including the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis and the organism responsible for louse-borne relapsing fever, Borrelia recurrentis.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Provided that each victim thereby infects on the average more than one new victim, the bacterium will spread, even though the first host happens to die.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond