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

Now, researchers from the University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital have identified a previously unknown virus inside a common gut bacterium.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

For years, researchers have linked one specific bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis, to colorectal cancer.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Reed favored the idea that a bacterium, first identified by Italian scientists and usually found in swamps, was the culprit.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy