Which bacterium causes chlamydia, one of the most common sexually transmitted infections?
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Which bacterium causes chlamydia, one of the most common sexually transmitted infections?
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Chlamydia trachomatis
Which cyanobacterium is considered the most abundant photosynthetic organism on Earth?
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Prochlorococcus
Which bacterium is used to produce acetone, butanol and ethanol by fermentation?
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Clostridium acetobutylicum
Which bacterium hunts other bacteria by invading and digesting them from within?
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Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
Which bacterium produces streptomycin, the antibiotic discovered in the 1940s?
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Streptomyces griseus
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Which cyanobacterium is considered the most abundant photosynthetic organism on Earth?
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Prochlorococcus
Which bacterium is used to produce acetone, butanol and ethanol by fermentation?
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Clostridium acetobutylicum
Which bacterium hunts other bacteria by invading and digesting them from within?
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Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus
Which bacterium produces streptomycin, the antibiotic discovered in the 1940s?
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Streptomyces griseus
Which bacterium causes the fish disease columnaris, recognizable by pale lesions and cotton-like growth?
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Flavobacterium columnare
Which bacterium causes scarlet fever by producing toxins during some Streptococcus pyogenes infections?
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Streptococcus pyogenes
Which bacterium causes gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted infection that can also affect newborns?
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Which bacterium is used to make Swiss-type cheese holes through carbon dioxide production?
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Propionibacterium freudenreichii
Which bacterium is the main cause of bacterial meningitis in many young children before vaccination?
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Haemophilus influenzae