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

A common gut bacterium found in most healthy individuals.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

At least for a while, though, as long as the patient is still alive, the cholera bacterium profits from being massively broadcast into the water supplies of its next victims.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond