bacteria

Although many oral microbes are harmless or beneficial, certain viruses and bacteria have been associated with the development or progression of head and neck cancers.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

The phenol metabolites investigated by the team are produced when gut bacteria process two amino acids, tyrosine and phenylalanine.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

The potentially harmful phenols came from gut bacteria breaking down proteins belonging to the host, including proteins found in the mucus layer that coats the intestines.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Mammalian cells were capable of generating numerous phenol and indole metabolites independently of intestinal bacteria.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Avery fiddled with the experiment as only a microbiologist could, growing the bacteria in various cultures, adding beef-heart broth, removing contaminant sugars, and growing the colonies on plates.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Skunks, squirrels, and opossums also serve as hosts for feeding ticks, but most are much less effective at passing the Lyme disease bacterium to them.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

A 24-hour fast may help prepare the intestines to recover from radiation damage, but scientists have discovered that a particular gut bacterium plays a crucial role in making this possible.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

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

The building was handed over to the Belfast Trust in March 2024, but the discovery of the potentially dangerous pseudomonas bacterium in the water system and other problems has meant the hospital has remained closed.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

It took nature hundreds of millions of years to evolve a bacterium, and billions to make a grasshopper.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan