microbe

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Published in Cell Communication and Signaling, the study focuses on Fusobacterium nucleatum, a microbe previously connected to colorectal and other cancers.

From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026

The inner core of solid tumors is made up of dead cells and lacks oxygen, creating the perfect conditions for this microbe to multiply and spread.

From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026

One previous piece of research on Neanderthal DNA also showed that modern humans and Neanderthals shared an oral microbe - a type of bacteria found in our saliva.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

The microbe used by Stephen Wallace, professor of chemical biotechnology at the University of Edinburgh, was Escherichia coli, better known as E. coli.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025

It might be a microbe, a strand of lost nucleic acid, a molecule of enzyme, or a nameless hairless little being with sharp gray eyes.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas