bacteria

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A person with active TB can develop symptoms and is infectious; a person with a latent tuberculosis infection cannot spread the bacteria to others and doesn’t feel sick.

From Los Angeles Times

Lung cancer was linked to smoking and air pollution, while stomach cancer was largely linked to a bacteria called Helicobacter pylori.

From Barron's

The process, called natural organic reduction, uses the body’s own bacteria to transform human tissue.

From The Wall Street Journal

If any fish had managed to survive the eruption, they didn’t last long— bacteria began to grow rampantly in the hours after the lake was changed forever.

From Literature

For decades, scientists believed a major group of ocean bacteria was ideally suited for life in waters with very little food.

From Science Daily