bacterium
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The most widespread pathogen was the bacterium Salmonella enterica, which appeared in 63% of the snakes.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
If the virus changes how the bacterium behaves, it could alter the gut environment in ways that influence cancer risk.
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
The researchers began by studying Danish patients who had experienced a serious bloodstream infection caused by the gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
At various places inside the monkey house, they set out patches of paper saturated with spores of a harmless bacterium known as Bacillus subtilis niger.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Vocabulary lists containing bacterium
