bacterium
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Researchers say the findings indicate the bacterium may help remove nanoplastics from the body by binding to the particles in the intestine and promoting their excretion.
From Science Daily • May 18, 2026
Their findings offer a clearer explanation of how this bacterium may influence depression.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 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
A common gut bacterium found in most healthy individuals.
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
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