organism
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Even after losing its paired eyes, the organism retained a cluster of light-sensitive cells in the center of its head.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
This approach revealed traces of ancient pathogens, including the plague bacterium Yersinia pestis and the organism responsible for louse-borne relapsing fever, Borrelia recurrentis.
From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026
Grace is sent into space on a one-way mission to stop the spread of an energy-consuming organism called Astrophage, which threatens to create a new Ice Age on Earth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
She added that the drugs did not provide effective coverage against a Gram-positive organism, which was the most likely pathogen causing the infection.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
According to this authority, “The peak between three and four years of age can hardly have any other interpretation than exposure of the young organism to a mutagenic stimulus around the time of birth.”
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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