bacteria

Flea-borne typhus is an acute febrile bacterial infection caused by Rickettsia Typhi bacteria, which is spread by infected fleas often found on pets and wildlife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

"This investigation shows just how quickly and dramatically these bacteria can change," says Dr Charlene Rodrigues, consultant in Pathogen Genomics at UKHSA.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

That combination supports the possibility that ancient nitrogenases more closely resembled this archaeal enzyme than the nitrogenases found in bacteria today.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

The amount Abbott Laboratories agreed to pay to settle allegations related to its management of a baby formula facility where deadly bacteria was suspected of causing two infant deaths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

The Earth had been saved by bacteria, but Concrete’s residents didn’t hear the good news.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

The team reconstructed 26 genomes of Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague, from human remains recovered at 11 archaeological sites in Estonia, Russia, England, the Netherlands, and Switzerland.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Studies of modern plague systems have shown that changes in climate can strongly affect outbreaks among wild rodents, which act as natural hosts for the bacterium.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

It uses a harmless bacterium to insert DNA into the rootstock exactly where it is needed to give the tree resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Because of that, scientists had often assumed that the earliest versions of the bacterium probably could not trigger severe outbreaks.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

This bacterium actually kills by poisoning rather than by disease.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson