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microorganism

[mahy-kroh-awr-guh-niz-uhm] / ˌmaɪ kroʊˈɔr gəˌnɪz əm /


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Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have now identified a microorganism that challenges this long accepted rule.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2026

Unlike bacteria, the microorganism is less likely to exchange genetic material with other microbes and doesn't take up residence in the gastrointestinal tract where it could potentially disrupt microbial communities.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 20, 2024

Mr. Gutman is the founder of Primer’s Yeast, a company that sells ancient strains of the microorganism.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

The microorganism also been connected to non-fatal, but sight-threatening, eye infections, sometimes through contaminated contact lens solution.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024

None of the many investigators have been able to discover the microorganism that produces the disease.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.

One area of particular interest is the gut microbiome, the enormous collection of bacteria and other microorganisms that inhabit the digestive tract.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

The team cultivated 25 different species of gut bacteria, including microorganisms considered beneficial, neutral, or potentially harmful.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Once methane enters the soil, microorganisms use it as an energy source, breaking it down in the process.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

The breakthrough, described in the Nature portfolio journal Light: Science and Applications, could lead to advances in cancer research, drug development, infectious disease studies, and investigations of how plants interact with microorganisms.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

European microorganisms were slow to penetrate the Yucatan Peninsula, where most of the Maya polities were too small to readily play off against each other.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann


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