bacterium
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A research team led by Drs. Se Hee Lee and Tae Woong Whon at WiKim focused on a kimchi-derived bacterium called Leuconostoc mesenteroides CBA3656.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Earlier research in the series focused mainly on Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for plague.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
A common gut bacterium found in most healthy individuals.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
"It is not just the bacterium itself that seems interesting. It is the bacterium in interaction with the virus it carries," he explains.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
It took nature hundreds of millions of years to evolve a bacterium, and billions to make a grasshopper.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing bacterium
