bacterium

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A research team led by Drs. Se Hee Lee and Tae Woong Whon at WiKim focused on a kimchi-derived bacterium called Leuconostoc mesenteroides CBA3656.

From Science Daily • May 18, 2026

Their findings offer a clearer explanation of how this bacterium may influence depression.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

However, this connection has been difficult to explain because the same bacterium is also found in most healthy individuals.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

The researchers began by studying Danish patients who had experienced a serious bloodstream infection caused by the gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

Pneumococcal pneumonia after influenza infection—the epidemic within the epidemic—was of such concern that the ministry had deployed teams of scientists to study the bacterium and develop a vaccine against it.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee