Which bacterium causes Legionnaires’ disease, a severe pneumonia often linked to contaminated water systems?
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Legionella pneumophila
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Which bacterium causes Legionnaires’ disease, a severe pneumonia often linked to contaminated water systems?
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Legionella pneumophila
Which bacterium discovered in Japan can break down PET plastic?
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Ideonella sakaiensis
Which bacterium causes tetanus, the muscle-stiffening disease linked to contaminated wounds?
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Clostridium tetani
Which bacterium was used to create the first cell controlled by a chemically synthesized genome?
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Mycoplasma mycoides
Which bacterium is strongly associated with stomach ulcers and chronic gastritis?
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Helicobacter pylori
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Which bacterium discovered in Japan can break down PET plastic?
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Ideonella sakaiensis
Which bacterium causes tetanus, the muscle-stiffening disease linked to contaminated wounds?
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Clostridium tetani
Which bacterium was used to create the first cell controlled by a chemically synthesized genome?
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Mycoplasma mycoides
Which bacterium is strongly associated with stomach ulcers and chronic gastritis?
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Helicobacter pylori
Which bacterium produces light in a famous symbiosis with the Hawaiian bobtail squid?
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Aliivibrio fischeri
Which bacterium is the largest ever discovered, with cells visible to the naked eye?
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Thiomargarita magnifica
Which bacterium causes bacterial vaginosis most strongly through biofilms dominated by its cells?
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Gardnerella vaginalis