bacterium
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One bacterium in particular, Morganella morganii, has been linked in several studies to major depressive disorder.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
Earlier research in the series focused mainly on Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for plague.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 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
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
In 1940, an experiment on the simplest of organisms—a microscopic, capsule-shaped, gut-dwelling bacterium named Escherichia coli—provided the first crucial clue to this question.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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