bacterium

Some governments also use Wolbachia, a naturally occurring bacterium found in about half of all insect species, to curb the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like dengue.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

As a facultative anaerobic bacterium, it thrives in both oxygen rich and oxygen poor environments, allowing it to multiply inside the oxygen deprived regions commonly found within tumors.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

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

How might a bacterium even “know,” or sense, that the sugar source had been switched?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Importantly, the treatment did not appear to harm the beneficial bacteria that normally live in the mouth.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026

The Environment Agency, the regulator which monitors water quality at bathing waters, rates bathing waters from "excellent" to "poor" based on bacteria found in water samples collected over a rolling four-year period.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

A. Cooking produce to 158 degrees Fahrenheit is the surest way to eliminate the risk of contamination as it helps to kill most bacteria.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Researchers also say there is a lot unknown about cyclospora, which behaves differently and is more difficult to track than other foodborne bacteria like E. Coli or salmonella.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

When the M. leprae bacteria became resistant to dapsone in the 1960s, scientists developed a new multidrug regimen, which included dapsone alongside other drugs.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly